areas Archives - MadGhosts

Switch to the light mode that's kinder on your eyes at day time.

Switch to the dark mode that's kinder on your eyes at night time.

9 Comments

TIL southern US cities tend to have really large areas inflating their populations. If Newark, NJ expanded and absorbed the surrounding areas in NJ to be the same area as Houston (4th largest US city) Newark would have a larger population than LA.

by whatilearned May 18, 2023, 5:39 pm

8 Points
Upvote Downvote
2 Comments

TIL that third places – areas other than the home or the workplace where humans can connect and unwind, are dying, and this is a silent killer of our communities

by whatilearned May 15, 2023, 3:14 am

9 Points
Upvote Downvote
3 Comments

TIL There is a North American monsoon. Also known as the New Mexican monsoon, it is a pattern of pronounced increase in thunderstorms and rainfall over large areas of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, typically occurring between June and mid-September.

by whatilearned May 13, 2023, 3:00 pm

10 Points
Upvote Downvote
2 Comments

TIL about the 1971 Iraq poison grain disaster, in where grain containing methylmercury never intended for human consumption was imported into Iraq, where it was consumed by Iraqis living in rural areas. The recorded death toll was 459 people, but higher figures have been suggested.

by whatilearned May 6, 2023, 9:11 am

11 Points
Upvote Downvote
1 Comment

TIL The largest illegal dump in Europe is the Triangle of Death in Naples, Italy. As the landfills filled up in the 1990s organised crime increasingly dumped and burned trash in this area, driving in garbage as far away as Venice. The area’s population has significantly higher rates of cancer.

by whatilearned May 5, 2023, 10:56 am

12 Points
Upvote Downvote
8 Comments

TIL about Whipping Tom of 1681, a nickname given to a serial spanker in London. He would wait for an unaccompanied woman, grab her, lift her dress and slap her buttocks whiles shouting “Spanko!” before fleeing. Vigilantes would dress in women’s clothing and patrol the areas he was known to operate.

by whatilearned April 25, 2023, 7:43 pm

12 Points
Upvote Downvote
TIL that when the code-breakers at Bletchley Park were short of cribs, they would ask the RAF to mine specific areas of the North Sea, so that they could look for the name of the area and the word “mine” in subsequent German naval reports. This was known as “Gardening”.

by whatilearned April 16, 2023, 2:35 pm

12 Points
Upvote Downvote
15 Comments

TIL McDonalds serves biscuits and gravy in select areas.

by whatilearned April 2, 2023, 2:30 am

12 Points
Upvote Downvote
3 Comments

TIL that mature bull elephants play a pivotal role in elephant society. The absence of mature bulls creates juvenile delinquency in younger bulls, who will soon enter musth. When mature bulls were introduced into areas with a high concentration of delinquents, they soon put a stop to this behavior.

by whatilearned March 13, 2023, 2:48 am

12 Points
Upvote Downvote
1 Comment

TIL in 1864, Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay teamed up to, in effect, almost wipe Paraguay off the face of the planet. In total, 60–70% of the population of Paraguay died as a result of the war, leaving a woman/man ratio of 4 to 1 (as high as 20 to 1, in the most devastated areas).

by whatilearned March 11, 2023, 12:10 pm

12 Points
Upvote Downvote
1 Comment

TIL On long-haul flights, flight attendants have hidden sleeping areas above the passenger compartment.

by whatilearned February 26, 2023, 3:15 pm

12 Points
Upvote Downvote
9 Comments

TIL Ice Age is any geologic period during which thick ice sheets cover vast areas of land.

by whatilearned February 25, 2023, 1:43 pm

12 Points
Upvote Downvote

Congratulations. You've reached the end of the internet.