When he was 26, “Pistol Pete” Maravich said “I don’t want to play 10 years in the NBA and die of a heart attack at age 40” in an interview. He went on to play 10 years in the NBA, and died of a heart attack at age 40.1yr ⋅ 22Fingers ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
Iran has the highest female to male ratio in universities among all sovereign nations. More than 70% of students in engineering and pure sciences are women.1yr ⋅ 22Fingers ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
Warren Buffett (91 year old) donates $45.5 billion to charity, which is 85% of his wealth. He never spends more than $3.17 on breakfast and drinks at least 5 Cokes a day. He reads about six hours a day living in the same house he bought in 1958.1yr ⋅ 22Fingers ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
Self-made millionaire Harris Rosen adopted a Florida neighborhood called Tangelo Park, cut the crime rate in half, and increased the high school graudation rate from 25% to 100% by giving everyone free daycare and all high school graduates scholarships.1yr ⋅ 22Fingers ⋅ r/MadeMeSmile
The smartest people ever assembled in one photo. Seventeen of them are Nobel Prize winners - Einstein is in the middle and Marie Curie two seats to the left. She won prizes in two separate scientific disciplines - still the only person have done so [5th Solvay Conference on Quantum Mechanics, 1927]1yr ⋅ 22Fingers ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
Brooklyn Supreme, the world’s largest horse around 1940. He stood 19.2 hands (6 ft 6 in) tall and weighed 3,200 lb (1,451 kg)1yr ⋅ 22Fingers ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
Devojka je zakacila svog psa za Juga i usla u radnju, lik je popizdeo jer punih 20 minuta nije mogao da krene dok se ona nije pojavila1yr ⋅ 22Fingers ⋅ r/serbia
Puya raimondii (queen of the Andes) is the largest species of bromeliad1yr ⋅ 22Fingers ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
Iran has the highest female to male ratio in universities among all sovereign nations. More than 70% of students in engineering and pure sciences are women.1yr ⋅ 22Fingers ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
Chuck Feeney is former billionaire has given away more than $8 billion (which is over 99% of his wealth) to charitable causes. His net worth dropped to under $2 million in 2020. He kept some money for retirement and medical treatment for himself and wife. He is one of the few who gave it all away.1yr ⋅ 22Fingers ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
Group of breaker boys (coal-mining workers) in Ewen Breaker of Pennsylvania Coal Co. January, 1911.1yr ⋅ 22Fingers ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
Percy Spencer received only $2 for his patent of the microwave oven1yr ⋅ 22Fingers ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
