› added 1 year ago

332

TIL Jupiter has 95 recognized moons. The largest, Ganymede, is larger than Mercury.

Read more science.nasa.gov

via reddit.com

DQmav TIL before Suez Canal, there existed Canal of the Pharaohs, closed in 767 CE
x6pr1 TIL The G.I. Piano (a.k.a. Victory Vertical) was a piano made by Steinway for the US military. Meant to be used in all kinds of theaters, it was designed to be small enough to be carried on a ship or parachuted from a plane and to be able to cope with the humidity of the South Pacific.
xJZ1 TIL when asked what happened to Carol Brady’s first husband, Florence Henderson would say “I killed him.”
R5VRj TIL the University of New Hampshire received millions in bequest from the frugal librarian, the late Robert Morin, who served the institution for many years. $1 million from the said funds was utilized to acquire a scoreboard for the freshly-constructed football stadium.
4kZKw TIL Nicholas Meyer, who got credited with revitalizing and saving the Star Trek franchise by directing Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982), had virtually no knowledge of Star Trek and had never seen a single episode of the show when approached to direct the film and rewrite the script.