“Did You Know?”: 30 Interesting Facts About The World You Probably Didn’t Learn At School

Are you allowed to share food, or does that incur import duties?

This is actually very clever

At first it looks clever, but in reality it's dangerous.

When an architect and an engineer have never talked to a wheelchair user before

Actually this would be both difficult and unsafe for me to use with me wheelchair.

I spent 10 years in a wheelchair and this is still pretty steep.

more handrails, please...

As a wheelchair user, I love that this doesn't involve a ramp as an afterthought!

That is stunning and as a person who does have some challenges in life it makes things so much easier with a wheelchair it means my husband could walk beside me. Now all I need is for people to address me instead of who ever is standing near me. Had a cashier start talking to some poor woman behind me who I don't know from Adam. For the first time in my life I raised my voice and said in a very projected voice giving her the death stars "I'm first in the queue why are you ignoring me? I'm sure that's against your customer service guide lines. I suffer from anxiety but my rage was so much I didn't care so I suppose she did me a favour by making me more assertive by I threw up for an hour when I got home. Ablebodied world just because my legs don't work doesn't mean my brain doesn't work. Sorry for the rant but this happens so often is disheartening.

Or the Americans with Disabilities Act.

And very dangerous.

Seems like an accident waiting to happen.

VERY excellent work!!!

A very compassionate. considerate and aesthetically pleasing design.

That does not look safe at all.

Where s the interesting fact?

For someone with a disabled Mum - I like this. As someone who has Dyspraxia and has a disabled Mum, apart from the fear of letting go of my Mum’s wheelchair - I still appreciate it. 🥰

it's... beautiful.

a walking person goes straight up the stairs, while one on a wheelchair must zig-zag

This looks familiar, is this in San Diego?

This is smart AND visually appealing

Either this is a photo of my hometown or it was built by the same people!

It could just be the angle of the photo, but this ramp looks very steep to me. But it does eliminate the issue of the one at the local health centre (step down from a hospital, but more facilities than your average GP surgery) - there is quite a big difference in height between the building and the road, so they built a lovely, if very long, ramp. The steps cur across the middle of the ramp, but some genius decided to fill in the gaps with raised planters. It's a nice bit of greenery in a space which otherwise has very little, but means that as a wheelchair user, you can't see people on the steps. I suspect the reverse is also true. I fear that one day there will be a collision.

that's unhuman... a walking person can go straight up the stairs, while a person using a wheelchair must zig-zag

Natural burial is getting huge. Makes sense. If I were not going to be cremated then I would want this. Ashes to ashes and all that. Who wants to be underground in a vault for all of eternity? So unnatural. We are organic.

I feel sad about the donor...

Can't help it. Looking at this feels so satisfying!

Once in a Purple moon.

Who else would they be, but themselves?

Sweet, sweet loopholes! (On a side note, gorgeous as it looks I would never feel fully safe in that house)

Radium stickers is just another name for the glow in the dark stickers. Like the stars that everyone used to have all over their bedroom ceiling and walls in the 90's that needed to absorb light and then they'd glow all night :)

Wild

When I was a kid I thought they just drove up the stairs 😂

AKA "percussive maintenance"

Awesome

For a guy that’s worth tens of millions of dollars, I find this hard to believe

Does anyone know if it counter acts the bromide? It would be awesome to eat without leaving my mouth raw

Caribou for scale.

Smart design!

This sucks. Is he the only person in this situation? There are many other actors who do all sorts of crazy action things.

I'm in this picture!! Just a little on the small side so quite hard to spot.

I should contemplate such door.

It must have lived in pain for so many years.

All I see is two big mosquito funnels

I am very suspicious of this information

That’s jobs security right there

Every other color than brown has actually an increased risk for eye diseases and difficulty driving at night. People with blue eyes (includes gray and green) also have existed for only 10 000 years and they originated from Middle East

suddenly i want to do this just to test this out