› added 7 months ago

140

TIL that a 39 mile-long sausage was created in Romania in 2014

Read more romania-insider.com

via reddit.com

GPgJ TIL they detected a particle whizzing about at 0.999 999 999 999 999 999 999 9951 times the speed of light - with energy 20 MILLION times more than the highest energy measured in radiation emitted by an extragalactic object! They call this the “Oh-My-God Particle”.
KO7WB TIL one of the cofounders of Alcoholics Anonymous, Bill W., asked for whiskey on his death bed, but was denied and died 36 years sober.
N79v6 TIL: Danielle Steele, the best-selling author alive, puts out 6-7 bestsellers a year, has 9 kids and sleeps only 4 hours a day
pVN8 TIL Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu, longest name-place on Earth. Translate: “The summit where Tamatea, the man with the big knees, the slider, climber of mountains, the land-swallower who travelled about, played his nose flute to his loved one.”
J0V1 TIL that the compliance-gaining technique of adding “but you are free to refuse” after a verbal request has been found to double your chances of getting what you want.