Mildly interesting

[Mik]

Some beaches in Japan have star-shaped sand found nowhere else in the world.

More: https://hasanjasim.online/discover-the-unique-star-sand-beach-in-okinawa-japan/

[kluurs]

Marilyn Monroe did visit the troops. She found a way to visit with a soldier with a broken neck.

[Aqua Letifer]

Chichén Itzá when it was discovered in 1892 vs. present day

[jon-nyc]

Interesting

[Aqua Letifer]

@jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:

Interesting

That's putting it mildly.

[George K]

Bringing dinner home...

[taiwan_girl]

The last execution by guillotine was Sept 10, 1977. The Atari 2600 video game was introduced on Sept 11, 1977. The age of the guillotine and the age of video games is only separated by 24 hours.

[Aqua Letifer]

A Frenchman's first reaction to trying Coca-Cola in 1950.

[Wim]

Coca-cola? Merde alors.

[Doctor Phibes]

They should use that photo in their advertising. They could be the next Anheuser Busch.

[George K]

[Horace]

Yeah but the timeless themes can be fit into any number of symbolic narratives. It’s not like Hemingway can forbid that or call it wrong.

[jon-nyc]

[George K]

[Doctor Phibes]

I find this fascinating. My favourite one is Euler's identity -

[jon-nyc]

I know a woman with Euler’s equation tattooed on her arm.

[jon-nyc]

[taiwan_girl]

[Horace]

They installed the fountains in Horace Pond. A short 11 months after we moved in.

[Mik]