Eryops ( en.wikipedia.org )
TIL that Japan was the invitee in Copa America in 1999 and 2019. ( en.wikipedia.org )
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1dr541f/til_that_japan_was_the_invitee_in_copa_america_in/...
Fighter kite ( en.wikipedia.org )
TIL The US Army has 50 commissioned ships ( en.wikipedia.org )
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1dqwibf/til_the_us_army_has_50_commissioned_ships/...
Rooftopping ( en.wikipedia.org )
Shanay-timpishka (the "boiling river" of Peru) ( en.wikipedia.org )
Stonewall riots ( en.wikipedia.org )
Happy anniversary y'all.
TIL about Wabi-sabi, the Japanese aesthetic worldview of accepting the simple, imperfect, and transient things in the world. Similar to kintsugi (repairing broken pottery with golden paste), it's abou ( en.wikipedia.org )
Pizza Principle ( en.wikipedia.org )
Syzygy (astronomy) ( en.wikipedia.org )
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.
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/...
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"
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/...
Stamp Stampede ( en.wikipedia.org )
Precariat ( en.wikipedia.org )
Bouba/kiki effect ( en.wikipedia.org )
A nice well-rounded article, gets right to the point
Cornfield Bomber ( en.wikipedia.org )
Operation Wandering Soul ( en.wikipedia.org )
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/...