› added 5 years ago

336

TIL the Lexus LC500's Structural Blue color is not actual paint, but a series of coating that only lets the color Blue reflect back. Inspired by the Morpho Butterfly.

Read more insights.globalspec.com

via reddit.com

N7EnE TIL Nasa has/had M113 APCs should they need to carry out a rescue mission to the launch pad holding the Space Shuttle. The status of M113 is unknown.
R5MA4 TIL: Bees can turn any worker bee egg into a new queen by feeding it a special diet. If the current queen dies or isn’t doing her job the hive can literally just make a new queen to replace her.
oQGY TIL A coronary bypass surgery in India costs around $1,583. The same procedure costs around $106,385 in the United States.
kOnd TIL that The Jersey Shore will be cancelled due to high salary demands.
9Yg8Q TIL about Goran Kropp. He rode a bicycle 6,000 miles from Stockholm to the base of Mount Everest in 1996 with his mountain equipment, successfully climbed it solo and without bottled oxygen, and then cycled back home.