› added 6 years ago

195

TIL of the Shirky Principle: "Institutions will try to preserve the problem to which they are the solution."

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

PYn5w TIL that beneath the city of Tokyo lies an ingenious water diversion system to minimize flooding in the city during typhoons. This world’s largest water channeling infrastructure can divert 200 tons of storm water per second into the Edo River.
BbRr TIL that suicide is a more common cause of death than murder.
4N6 TIL That Nikola Tesla invented the radio in 1892, then 6 years later invented the first remote controlled toy boat.
QJv1e TIL that due to the high number of foreigners in the UAE, where citizens make up only 11% of the population, the country is 72% male.
pYZGO TIL that the Tower of B*bel was built to avoid a second fl**d by humans who all spoke a single language. As a result, they were punished by being scattered and made to speak different languages, so they could no longer understand each other