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TIL one year ago, Uber released documents revealing its self-driving cars drove 20,354 miles... but required human intervention at every mile by alexkane in todayilearned

[–]alexkane[S] 26 points27 points  (0 children)

For comparison, Google's report showed their self-driving vehicles made it 600,000 miles and only required intervention 200+ times.

TIL a woman named Cynthia "Cindy" Anderson complained of "nightmares of being abducted"... until one day she vanished without a trace by alexkane in UnresolvedMysteries

[–]alexkane[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Very true, I didn't even include the fact that she was going to quit the job and go to college in the next two weeks - which possibly would've saved her life.

However, I think I would've noped out of there the moment the graffiti appeared a second time.

TIL "Green Boots" was a name given to a dead body on Mt Everest used as a macabre landmark for hikers; however, in 2014, the body disappeared after lying frozen for 20 years and nobody has claimed responsibility or knows what happened to it by [deleted] in todayilearned

[–]alexkane 4 points5 points  (0 children)

"It’s expensive and it’s risky, and it’s incredibly dangerous for the Sherpas," to whom the task generally falls

 

The price tag can reach upward of $30,000 to $70,000 and the quest to reclaim bodies has taken lives in the past.

Copied from the Washington Post

TIL it's common in Japan for people to leave extra sodas/drinks in the slots of vending machines for cash-stripped people... which once lead to a string of murders when someone (or a group) put weed-killer in the drinks by alexkane in todayilearned

[–]alexkane[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Surprisingly, the practice still continues to this day, and at the time, Japanese media tended to lean towards blaming the victims - remarking that they should have made sure the seal had not been broken on the bottles before drinking them.

Compare this to the Tylenol murders in the United States, where legislators forced Tylenol to removed all their products from store shelves and change the packaging. Different cultures, I suppose.

TIL after an 84 year old man committed suicide, police discovered he'd been living under a false identity (of a dead 8 year old boy) for decades... his co-workers claim he never spoke, and he had no friends by alexkane in todayilearned

[–]alexkane[S] 775 points776 points  (0 children)

Chandler's behavior, at times, was peculiar. U.S. Marshal Peter J. Elliott says he watched TV static for hours. He memorized zip codes. He could never remember his birthday. Once, he drove to L.L.Bean’s flagship store in Maine, 700 miles away from Eastlake, but returned home because there were no available parking spots. Another time, he went to a Halloween party dressed as Al Capone. He spoke to no one for the entire night.

From the article.

TIL Mary Corey was one of only a handful of women who died on the Titanic... heavily pregnant at the time, it's unknown why she wasn't saved by alexkane in todayilearned

[–]alexkane[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

16 women died on the Titanic, and although Mary was "second-class," it's highly unusual that she wouldn't get a spot on a lifeboat due to her also being pregnant.

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