TIL that the original LOVE sculpture is housed in a museum in Indiana and was created Robert Indiana who born in Indiana ( en.wikipedia.org )
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1dpv7u6/til_that_the_original_love_sculpture_is_housed_in/...
Syzygy (astronomy) ( en.wikipedia.org )
TIL Bill Gates was already the world's richest man even before Windows 95 was launched ( en.wikipedia.org )
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1dplrt0/til_bill_gates_was_already_the_worlds_richest_man/...
Ol Doinyo Lengai ( en.wikipedia.org )
...the lavas of Ol Doinyo Lengai have temperatures of 540–593 °C (1,004–1,099 °F); they are so cold that during the day they look like mudflows or oil and glow only during the night.
Acqua alta ( en.wikipedia.org )
"an exceptional tide peak that occurs periodically in the northern Adriatic Sea. The term is applied to such tides in the Italian region of Veneto. The peaks reach their maximum in the Venetian Lagoon, where they cause partial flooding of Venice and Chioggia"
Lavender Scare ( en.wikipedia.org )
Bouba/kiki effect ( en.wikipedia.org )
A nice well-rounded article, gets right to the point
1997 Pearl High School shooting ( en.wikipedia.org )
TIL about Roko's Basilisk, a thought experiment considered by some to be an "information hazard" - a concept or idea that can cause you harm by you simply knowing/understanding it ( en.wikipedia.org )
Roko's basilisk is a thought experiment which states that an otherwise benevolent artificial superintelligence (AI) in the future would be incentivized to create a virtual reality simulation to torture anyone who knew of its potential existence but did not directly contribute to its advancement or development, in order to...
TIL that the plumber wrench and the adjustable wrench were both invented by the same person, a Swede from a family of tenant farmers. ( en.wikipedia.org )
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1dp16af/til_that_the_plumber_wrench_and_the_adjustable/...