TIL about wet-bulb events - when it’s so hot and humid that your body can’t cool by sweating. A wet cloth on a thermometer bulb normally cools it more than one without a cloth. But when humidity is very high, the wet- and dry-bulb temperatures are the same. This can ultimately be a lethal event. u/Ribbitor123 • TIL about wet-bulb events - when it’s so hot and humid that your body can’t cool by sweating. A wet cloth on a thermometer bulb normally cools it more than one without a cloth. But when humidity is very high, the wet- and dry-bulb temperatures are the same. This can ultimately be a lethal event. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wet-bulb_temperature#Wet-bulb_temperature_and_health
TIL an attempt to free a German freighter from Somali pirates failed when the special GSG9 operators were housed at a hotel near Mombasa, alerting journalists and pirates to the presence of dozens of unusually athletic men, diving for minutes and plowing through the pool. u/HolyCowAnyOldAccName • TIL an attempt to free a German freighter from Somali pirates failed when the special GSG9 operators were housed at a hotel near Mombasa, alerting journalists and pirates to the presence of dozens of unusually athletic men, diving for minutes and plowing through the pool. https://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/mission-impossible-german-elite-troop-abandons-plan-to-free-pirate-hostages-a-622766.html
TIL German Empire in its 47 years of existence, won more Nobel Prizes in science than Britain, France and USA combined. Germany's dominance in physics and chemistry was such that one-third of all Nobel Prizes went to German inventors and researchers. u/Skychu768 • TIL German Empire in its 47 years of existence, won more Nobel Prizes in science than Britain, France and USA combined. Germany's dominance in physics and chemistry was such that one-third of all Nobel Prizes went to German inventors and researchers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Empire
