› added 1 year ago

49

TIL we are literally Drowning in plastic, every year 481 billion plastic bottles are sold, more than enough to bury the Burj Khalifa, well done to Reuters for such an impactful (and rather disturbing) visualisation!

Read more reuters.com

via reddit.com

bmyE TIL that Katherine Hepburn [b.1907-d.2003], 12 time Academy Award nominated actress was an atheist saying once in an interview: “I am an atheist and that’s it. I believe there’s nothing we can know except that we should be kind to each other and do what we can for other people.”
dwKZ TIL nearly two-thirds of those aboard the Hindenburg survived its fiery 1937 crash.
LQEvp TIL in regards to Catholicism, that middle names have a purpose. It was thought that demons needed to know your full name in order to possess you, and thus having a middle name meant it was more difficult; as people rarely use them.
xgL7 TIL that population density and political preference go hand in hand; people living in high density areas tend to vote liberal whereas people living in low density areas tend to vote conservative.
6Eb8l TIL a 2011 study found that playing the vuvuzela in a crowded event was an incredibly efficient way to spread a respiratory virus, over 100 times more than shouting.