› added 6 years ago

146

TIL There is company which is harnessing carbon from the air to make fuel for vehicles and aeroplanes. They hope to make it viable economically soon.

Read more news.nationalgeographic.com

via reddit.com

GAya7 TIL pilot whales actively confront orcas and most interactions result in the orcas leaving the area.
4AR TIL that under the qui tam provisions of the false claims act, you can file lawsuits on behalf of the federal government for medicare fraud and you get to keep 15-30% of the final settlement.
LkQnv TIL during the Cold War the Canadian government commissioned a "fruit machine" to detect homosexuality
x69pD TIL that the John Tyler, b. 1790, the 10th president of the United States (served 1841-1845), has a living grandson (Harrison Ruffin Tyler).
d8aa9 TIL that Lebanon made a massive bowl of hummus to get into the Guiness Book of World Records just so people around the world can recognise that hummus is from Lebanon