› added 5 years ago

390

An image of a clearly ecstatic tigress hugging an ancient Manchurian fir tree in a remote Siberian forest has won one of the world’s most prestigious photography prizes.

Read more theguardian.com

DjP TIL There is a city in the Caspian Sea, 25 miles off the coast
Y1Zx TIL Russian voters used to have a box on their ballots to vote for “against all”.
xVmL0 TIL there's a type of rabbit-sized mini deer (chevrotain)
QWY6 TIL there was a man so dedicated to April Fools, he flew hundreds of tires into a dormant volcano in Alaska and set them on fire. Fooling the local populace, and coast guard into thinking the volcano was active.
BgBkb TIL the "Perhapsatron" was an early Fusion Power device developed in Los Alamos that no one was sure would work, hence calling it "perhaps-a-tron"