Kolja420
Kolja420 t1_j9tnuv0 wrote
Reply to TIL that Air Tahiti Nui Flight 64 holds the record as the world's longest domestic flight. The flight was between Papeete in French Polynesia and Paris (15,715 km/9,765 mi) taking 16h20. The current longest domestic flight is AF647 between Saint-Denis, Réunion and Paris (9,349 km/5,809 mi/11h40) by SteO153
Btw Tahiti Nui is the name of the big island, the small one is Tahiti Iti.
Kolja420 t1_j658v48 wrote
Reply to comment by Flatline2962 in BuzzFeed says it will use AI to help create content, stock jumps 150% | CNN Business by KennyFulgencio
Fun fact, "GPT" sounds like "I farted" in French.
Kolja420 t1_iurtnty wrote
Reply to comment by Ythio in Today I learned that dandelion roots can be used to make a coffee-like beverage. by ty775pearl
Dandelion is also a corruption of French "dent-de-lion" (lion's tooth).
Kolja420 t1_itfan10 wrote
Reply to comment by gheebutersnaps87 in TIL the Port Chicago disaster accounted for 15% of all African American casualties in World War II by Butthole_Alamo
>Forty-seven of the 50 were released in January 1946; the remaining three served additional months in prison.
Kolja420 t1_jdelxvo wrote
Reply to TIL that at the Battle of Aspern-Essling in 1809, one of the French Generals was decapitated, while he was talking to a friend. by VengefulMight
I can't find much information on this but French sources claim he took a bullet to the head instead.