Today I Leaned (TIL)

[NickC 23]

Today I learned that a company called Urthecast is about to change this planet forever.

Imagine how live HD streaming video with 1m resolution streamed over the net will impact our society... Insane!

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVZA1V4Ttc0&feature=youtu.be

[tony357 386]

That is incredible..

[Ray Ray 3,566]

huh? what is it?

[johnp 45]

Great! Now we're turning the planet into the Truman Show.

[raz-0 1,259]

Great! Now we're turning the planet into the Truman Show.

 

Not at 1meter resolution you aren't.

[Maksim 1,504]

crazy.

[silverado427 10,760]

Just more spying eyes in the sky.

[matty 810]

I'll make sure I am naked when it flies over

[jrfly3006 42]

TIL that WPIX channel 11 did a piece on rep McCarthy wanting to ban "high powered magazines" and large capacity "assault magazines"...FACEPALM

[MedicYeti 96]

TIL I need to learn what the first post is about, I don't know much of the modern wold anymore: when I do watch TV it is with my 3 year old and it usually includes Dinosaur Train and Curious George. On the positive note, I DO know that T-Rex was not the largest carnivore of the mezozoic era.

[NickC 23]

TIL-The worst school disaster in US history occurred in 1927.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bath_School_disaster

[Adam 6]

TIL my bosses are just as clueless this year as they were last year...

[NickC 23]

TIL that Jack Woolams a test pilot for the first US jet aircraft would wear a gorilla suit while flying the secret prototype, so that other pilots who reported seeing a gorilla flying a propellerless plane wouldn't be believed.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Woolams#Personality:_The_Infamous_Gorilla_Suit.2C_Derby_.26_Cigar

 

He was killed during a practice flight for the upcoming National Air Races in Cleveland

[GlassFanta 0]

FYI, you can find all this stuff at http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/

 

Great place to go, lots of fun facts on there every day.

 

TIL Other people on NJGF go on Reddit Sweet!

[NickC 23]

FYI, you can find all this stuff at http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/

 

Great place to go, lots of fun facts on there every day.

 

TIL Other people on NJGF go on Reddit Sweet!

 

Haha, TIL is a favorite of mine on reddit. Right after /guns, /Smith & Wesson & /gonewild

[GlassFanta 0]

Haha nice. I check out a whole bunch, mostly TIL, atheism, WTF, politics, and have even braved r/spacedicks once.