› added 2 days ago

1

TIL that the post-medieval Burmese and Thai kingdoms fought 24 wars across a period of over 200 years.

Read more abebooks.co.uk

via reddit.com

8aBAZ TIL that when NASA's New Horizons spacecraft passed by Pluto, the trip took about 1 minute less than predicted or in a decade-long journey, NASA's forecast was 99.99998% accurate or the equivalent of forecasting a trip from New York to Boston & being accurate to within four-millionths of a second.
DQXmP TIL the probability of a blue lobster existing is about one in two million
DQdvJ TIL that in Australia, there are no bumblebees.
QNZpE TIL the USA outlet face has a shorter right eye and longer left eye. (Live and neutral wire respectively)
BQ5d TIL Duncan Jones’ “Moon” is the first film in a planned trilogy