› added 1 year ago

56

TIL about the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash where a single person out of the 45 onboard survived. He was the plane’s mechanic.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

w9AY TIL Lions don’t live very long. In the wild, they average 10 to 14 years of age. In captivity, they can make it to past 20.
vPwbR TIL that a study shows wearing a mask decreased the quality of chess players’ decisions—a measure of their cognitive performance. However, the disruptive effect of masks is relatively short-lived, gradually weakening so that there is no measurable disadvantage after roughly 4 hours of play.
M7bNm TIL that there was a real-life Lord of the Flies-esque situation where school boys were stuck on a deserted island for 15 months but the boys banded together rather than feuding.
pKkG TIL in 1993 Vanilla Ice was ranked as the 6th best jet ski racer in the world and had a deal with Kawasaki.
Brjby TIL pizza is a healthier breakfast then most cereal