› added 7 months ago

42

TIL Increasing the Car Seat Age Requirement Cut Child Births by 145k+ Since 1980

Read more papers.ssrn.com

via reddit.com

oJGY TIL that the Liberty bell and Big Ben were cast by the same bell foundry, and that both bells are cracked.
OGV1R TIL Fritz Haber invented Haber-process to produce ammonia by using nitrogen from the air, but also invented poison gas in World War I that led his wife to suicide...
JAb8 TIL the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway in Louisiana, the longest continuous bridge passing over water, is so long that for 8 of its 24 miles, you can’t see land in any direction.
0dp4L TIL that 72 people lost their lives in plane crash in Nepal, because instead of deploying the flaps for landing, the co-pilot pulled to lever to cut fuel supply to the engine.
grxX7 TIL about the 15-in Rodman Cannon. The balls fired by the Rodman were 500 to 600lb, and took 50lb of black powder to shoot their shot.