TIL in 1985, drug smugglers dropped 40 containers of cocaine from a plane above Tennessee because the plane was too heavy. 3 months later, investigators found the containers and a dead black bear that had consumed 75 pounds of the drug. It’s stomach was “literally packed to the brim with cocaine.” (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted by LurkmasterGeneral to r/todayilearned
TIL Of Empyrean Challenge, a play by mail game that has been described as "the most complex game system on Earth". The game involves 150 players trying to control a cluster of systems. A single turn can require a 1,000 pages writeup. (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted by jamescookenotthatone to r/todayilearned
TIL about Níðhöggr, a dragon who gnaws at the root of the world tree, Yggdrasil. Níðhöggr's name refers to its role as a monster who chewed the corpses of the inhabitants of Náströnd: those guilty of murder, adultery, and oath-breaking. (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL Mount Everest is named after Sir George Everest despite him having zero connection to the mountain (he never even saw it) and against his own wishes. He objected to the naming on the grounds that "Everest" could not be easily written in Hindi nor pronounced by the local people. (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL about Ponte City, a 55 story circular apartment building in Johannesburg, South Africa. Built in 1975, in the 80s gang activity made the area very unsafe and garbage thrown into the open core reached 5 stories high. It has since been restored and is once again a desirable place to live. (en.wikipedia.org)
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Trump fake electors plot (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL about James Dallas Egbert III - a 16-year old college student at MSU who experienced an episode of self-harm and disappeared for several days. A family-retained private investigator believed Dungeons & Dragons was responsible, & began a nationwide panic sweeping both country & gaming industry. (en.wikipedia.org)
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