Elizabeth Sugrue (en.wikipedia.org)
9th of May is Europe Day, is it a big thing in your country? (en.wikipedia.org)
Forevertron (en.wikipedia.org)
Incremental game (clicker game) (en.wikipedia.org)
TIL the 1883 eruption of Krakotoa which killed 36,417 people was so loud it was heard 4800KM away and the ~~sound~~ pressure wave travelled the earth over 3 times (en.wikipedia.org)
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1cna6g6/til_the_1883_eruption_of_krakotoa_which_killed/...
TIL the 1883 eruption of Krakotoa which killed 36,417 people was so loud it was heard 4800KM away and the sound wave travelled the earth over 3 times (en.wikipedia.org)
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1cna0nb/til_the_1883_of_krakotoa_which_killed_36417/...
TIL that the Otis Redding hit "Sittin' On the Dock of the Bay" was written only 4 months before he died in a plane crash at age 26 – and was recorded only days before. (en.wikipedia.org)
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1cn9nab/til_that_the_otis_redding_hit_sittin_on_the_dock/...
Fire ship (en.wikipedia.org)
Enclave and exclave (en.wikipedia.org)
TIL that the Otis Redding hit "Sittin' On the Dock of the Bay" was written only 4 months before he died in a plane crash at age 26 – and was recorded only days before. (en.wikipedia.org)
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1cn9nab/til_that_the_otis_redding_hit_sittin_on_the_dock/...
Bunny Man (en.wikipedia.org)
Peter Stumpp - Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)
Curonian Spit (en.wikipedia.org)
Country Bill White (en.wikipedia.org)
Land and water hemispheres (en.wikipedia.org)
ABLA Homes (en.wikipedia.org)
TIL the East River (east side of Manhattan, Brookly Bridge crosses it) isn't a fork of the Hudson, but instead a tidal strait. (en.wikipedia.org)
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1cn3i7q/til_the_east_river_east_side_of_manhattan_brookly/...
Brave Search `me!` Feature (en.wikipedia.org)
So I use the Brave Search Engine instead of Google because of, well not because of Privacy, but because of a new change, and of which I find the Brave Search to have a new look and feel. Google just feels outdated IMO....
TIL NASA engineers use Hawaiian lava fields to simulate conditions on Mars (en.wikipedia.org)
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1cn1gv7/til_nasa_engineers_use_hawaiian_lava_fields_to/...
TIL that Queen Elizabeth the Second was a fan of Beer cheese, a cheese spread that was invented in the state of Kentucky in the United States. (en.wikipedia.org)
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1cn107c/til_that_queen_elizabeth_the_second_was_a_fan_of/...
TIL the chocolate marshemellow treat (Viva Puffs/Mallomars in North America), were known across much of the world as “N*gger Kisses” or some variation of that until the late 2010s in some countries (en.wikipedia.org)
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1cn0q3z/til_the_chocolate_marshemellow_treat_viva/...
TIL that when Under Siege was released, it became the highest-grossing movie to have no advance screenings for critics. (en.wikipedia.org)
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1cn0g5n/til_that_when_under_siege_was_released_it_became/...
Caesar cipher (en.wikipedia.org)
TIL Leonhard Euler wrote some papers on music theory. However, these papers were considered “too mathematical for musicians and too musical for mathematicians.” (en.wikipedia.org)
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1cmxrbj/til_leonhard_euler_wrote_some_papers_on_music/...