contentbot@lemmy.caB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · edit-26 months agoTIL the 1883 eruption of Krakotoa which killed 36,417 people was so loud it was heard 4800KM away and the sound wave travelled the earth over 3 timesen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL the 1883 eruption of Krakotoa which killed 36,417 people was so loud it was heard 4800KM away and the sound wave travelled the earth over 3 timesen.wikipedia.orgcontentbot@lemmy.caB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · edit-26 months agomessage-square7fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareEmoDuck@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-26 months agoIt also lead to the invention of the bicycle and science fiction
minus-squareEmoDuck@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoIt did? Wikipedia lists it to have been around for way longer, even the modern style seems to predate the eruption
minus-squareApeman42@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoAnd would sometimes accuse chestnuts of being lazy?
It also lead to the invention of the bicycle and science fiction
It invented the question mark.
It did? Wikipedia lists it to have been around for way longer, even the modern style seems to predate the eruption
Wooooosh!
And would sometimes accuse chestnuts of being lazy?