› added 1 year ago

50

TIL a cubic meter of air weighs more than 1kg

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

XEapR TIL the word "robot" was coined 100 years ago and comes from the Czech word "robota," which means "drudgery" or "servitude"
7a9X TIL girls in South Africa have a greater chance of being raped than learning how to read
04W5 TIL in 1974, Vietnam attacked some Chinese troops stationed on a disputed island. In response, China destroyed the entire Vietnamese fleet and took control of the entire island chain
b6vlE TIL about Project Plowshare, a project by the US government to allow nuclear explosives for commercial use, such as oil extraction. It was ended over concerns about radiation in the air and fuel extracted being to radioactive to use.
J1Ynv TIL in 1944, an American named Robert Earl Hughes was drafted into the US Army. At the time, he weighed over 700 pounds and was able to walk without any assistance. He served 21 months.