villevalla
villevalla t1_iyinhnb wrote
Reply to comment by kokopilau in TIL that the southern United States converted all 11,500+ miles of its railroads from broad gauge (5 ft/1.524 m) to nearly-standard gauge (4 ft 9 in/1.448 m) in just 36 hours, starting on May 31, 1886 by 1859
There actually wouldn't be a lot saving, that's why gauges aren't unified. Where is the saving if, for example, Finland and Japan were to use the same gauge? Or Mexico and Turkey? Or Russia and Eswatini?
villevalla t1_ituekad wrote
Reply to comment by Snowbattt in TIL that Belgium is the world's market leader in producing and exporting snooker and billiard balls. by BluewithabitofGreen
Don't you have a meme phrase to mark this special occassion? For example Finns say "Torilla tavataan" and Dutch say "Gekoloniseerd".
villevalla t1_itcazqh wrote
Reply to comment by StabledGenius in TIL of the Schön scandal, concerning physicist Jan Hendrik Schön, who rose to prominence after a series of breakthroughs with semiconductors that made him in contention for the Nobel prize. It was later discovered that all his research was completely fraudulent. by AmiroZ
Researchers under communism or socialism aren't biased and aren't pressured to produce results? Okay.
villevalla t1_j91r748 wrote
Reply to comment by greatgildersleeve in TIL that Simo Häyhä AKA the sniper White Death kept a Winter War diary, that was discovered in 2017 from his nephew's drawer, when a local museum was looking for memorabilia for an exhibition on Häyhä by Nopatme
It's not an umlaut, it's the letter ä.