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TIL that the space shuttle's toilet was so complicated that it required many hours of training. NASA built a simulator with a video camera in the defecation hole; those learning to use the toilet used a crosshair on a monitor to learn how to position their butts, while others watched and made jokes.
▲ 1.6k r/todayilearned

TIL that the space shuttle's toilet was so complicated that it required many hours of training. NASA built a simulator with a video camera in the defecation hole; those learning to use the toilet used a crosshair on a monitor to learn how to position their butts, while others watched and made jokes.

en.wikipedia.org
u/TMWNN — 3 days ago
▲ 85 r/geopolitics+1 crossposts

Beware the Permanent Periphery | Most countries will never have frontier AI. They're the ones who should be worrying.

asteriskmag.com
u/TMWNN — 3 days ago
▲ 550 r/LasVegas

'Why are we being replaced with a robot?' Las Vegas taxi driver says earnings cut in half by driverless rides

fox5vegas.com
u/TMWNN — 6 days ago
▲ 3.6k r/todayilearned

TIL that the Mercury Seven astronauts calculated that one of the seven would die during Project Mercury. Gus Grissom did die as an astronaut, albeit on the ground during Project Apollo.

en.wikipedia.org
u/TMWNN — 8 days ago
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TIL that although G. B. Shaw's 'Pygmalion' does not end with Prof. Higgins and Eliza Doolittle together, every adaptation (such as the musical and film 'My Fair Lady') of the play does, because audiences want a happy ending. The play's producer told Shaw "My ending makes money".

en.wikipedia.org
u/TMWNN — 10 days ago
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TIL that there is no single national TV network for all of Belgium; all channels are either in Dutch or French. The two national broadcasters share a single headquarters in Brussels; the Dutch station has the left half of the building, and the French station has the right half.

en.wikipedia.org
u/TMWNN — 10 days ago
▲ 428 r/geopolitics

Spanish army doubts its military superiority over Morocco if Ceuta and Melilla are to be defended | Rabat has spent $70 billion on fighter jets, drones, combat ships, spy satellites and heavy artillery

theobjective.com
u/TMWNN — 15 days ago
▲ 138 r/submarines

Australian government: 10% of USN attack sub crews are Australian as of late 2025. 170 officers and sailors qualified or in training.

defence.gov.au
u/TMWNN — 15 days ago
▲ 906 r/todayilearned

TIL that 'Bonanza' in the 1960s and 70s was the most popular American TV show outside the US. 400 million people in 82 countries watched the Western. In many foreign lands, people happily watched educational television until Westerns arrived, then wanted nothing else.

en.wikipedia.org
u/TMWNN — 22 days ago
▲ 11 r/nycrail

How busy is 21st Street - Queensbridge station?

The Wikipedia article for the 21st Street - Queensbridge station says:

>Usage estimates for the 21st Street–Queensbridge station were calculated in 1984 at 220 passengers per hour unless a connection was made to the rest of the system.

The station opened in 1989, and the connection east to the Queens Boulevard Line opened in 2001, ending 12 years of jokes about the "tunnel to nowhere".

Wikipedia also says that in 2024, 1,751,180 people used the station. 1751180 / 365 / 24 = exactly 200 people per hour.

Does this mean that the station's usage is grossly below expectations?

u/TMWNN — 22 days ago