Hidden anatomy of clouds reveals how rain may begin without ice crystals

TIL of Don Ritchie; a man who lived close to a notorious suicide spot who officially prevented 180 suicide attempts. He would approach an individual and simply ask, "Can I help you in some way?"

TIL the US dropped about 7.6 million tons of bombs across Indochina during the Vietnam War, which is more than 3x the amount U.S. Air Force dropped in the European and Pacific theaters of WW2 combined

TIL British Intelligence had a special, bugged luxury complex during WWII where they kept high profile Nazi POW’s, just left a bunch of alcohol out, and waited for them to start spilling secrets as th