TIL that scientists have developed a way of testing for Aphantasia (the inability to visualise things in your mind). The test involves asking participants to envision a bright light and checking for pupil dilation. If their pupils don't dilate, they have Aphantasia.
ok it’s rime ice or hoar frost either way, it doesn’t happen often where I live
There were 4 lobsters in this tank and they each took a corner in a pseudo Mexican standoff looking way
TIL that before alarm clocks were common, people were paid to wake people up for work. They were called “knocker-uppers.”
Drawing a South Korean elementary school student made, pretending to be from the USA.
TIL Lynn 'Buck' Compton of Easy Company fame was the lead prosecutor in the trial against Sirhan Sirhan, the man who assassinated Robert F Kennedy.
TIL Horses Have More Facial Expressions Than Chimpanzees
TIL: In 1340, Joan of Kent (future mother of King Richard II) secretly wed Thomas Holland before he left for war. Her family then arranged another marriage, which she accepted, fearing Holland’s execution. In 1349, the 2nd marriage was annulled, and Joan was reunited with Holland.
TIL about Robert “Mouseman” Thompson, a furniture maker who carved a mouse into virtually every piece he made
TIL that on the 1947-1960 Howdy Doody Show, the character Clarabell the Clown was deliberately kept mute so the actor would not have to be paid full scale.
TIL an unrecognized republic, the Republic of Indian Stream, existed on the Quebec/New Hampshire border from 1832-1835. It had an organized elected government and constitution and about three hundred citizens. New Hampshire eventually annexed it.
TIL Ke Huy Quan remains close friends with his Goonies co-star Jeff Cohen, who is also his entertainment lawyer, and helped Quan negotiate contract to star in Everything Everywhere All at Once
TIL that Winston Churchill smoked 8 to 10 cigars a day from the age of 21 until his death at 90. He picked up the habit, which he believed steadied his nerves, while in Cuba for a few months in 1895, and stayed loyal to two Cuban brands, Romeo y Julieta and La Aroma de Cuba, to the end of his life.
I bought a bag of regular Goldfish crackers and found a few random Pokémon shaped pieces.
TIL the iconic line “I’ll have what she’s having” line from When Harry Met Sally was suggested by Billy Crystal on set and director Rob Reiner’s mother Estelle was brought it to deliver the line.
Collection of a variety of intrauterine devices developed throughout the 20th century
TIL about Dunbar’s Number (148): the upper limit of individuals with which a human can maintain a stable relationship - correlating to primate brain sizes.
TIL that the band Deftones formed after 15-year-old Stephen Carpenter (the band's lead guitarist) was hit by a car while skateboarding and learned how to play music while confined to his wheelchair
TIL in 1960, AT&T represented 13% of the entire US stock market, roughly double the weight of Nvidia today
TIL A modern folk etymology holds that the phrase 'rule of thumb' is derived from the maximum width of a stick allowed for wife-beating under English common law, but no such law has ever existed.
TIL As a child, Killers frontman Brandon Flowers once asked a ouija board when he would die. The board answered '621.' He remained unsure if 621 represented the time of day, the date June 21 (his birthday) or something else. His subsequent phobia of the number 621 lasted well into adulthood.
TIL about the vampire ground finch, it's a small bird native to the Galapagos islands and a part of its diet consists of drinking blood from blue-footed boobies
TIL that there was a Weezer cruise in 2012 and 2014. In addition to performing, they hosted game nights, took day excursions with people and had prom.
TIL in 2012, a man accidentally discovered the oldest known human settlement in Australia while looking for a toilet
TIL a 2014 study found that although Iron Curtain-era fences between Germany and the Czech Republic have been removed, deer still don't cross the border between the two countries
TIL 3M's original legal name is 'Minnesota Mining and Manufactoring', and didn't change it until 2002, the 100th anniversary to 3M
TIL that Neanderthals invented the earliest known synthetic material by deliberately distilling birch tar in underground, oxygen-poor setups
Did you know? About how fast we forget almost all our dreams.
I had this incredibly detailed, vivid dream last night, and within five minutes of waking up, I realized I couldn't recall 90% of the plot points. Turns out 95% to 99% of dreams are literally forgotte... và 642 kí tự
TIL in 1988 Circuit City turned down the chance to purchase Best Buy, a growing competitor at the time, for $30m. Its CEO said no because he thought they could open a store in Best Buy's home territory of Minneapolis & easily beat them. Instead, Circuit City eventually filed for bankruptcy in 2008.
TIL In 1997 a series of letters purporting to prove the existence of an affair between John F. Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe were proven fake. An early clue was the use of ZIP codes on the letters, which the US Postal Service introduced in July 1963, nearly a year after Monroe had died.
TIL that Mafia boss, Gioacchino Gammino, escaped prison in 2002 and stayed free until 2022, after a Google Streetview car spotted him outside a fruit stand in Spain.
TIL when Rob Reiner told his DP on When Harry Met Sally that he was going to call Michelle Pfeiffer & ask her out, his DP said 'you’re going to marry my friend Michele Singer”. After Reiner met Singer on set, he changed the ending of the film to Harry & Sally ending up together instead just friends.
TIL: Study found that women rated the same man as MORE attractive when told he was married, but men rated the same woman as LESS attractive when told she was married
TIL that Outkast's 'Hey Ya!' helped revitalize Polaroid's image due to referencing the brand in the lyrics. Polaroid partnered with Outkast for a time as a result to capitalize on the trend, but eventually discontinued the sale of their products and declared bankruptcy in 2008.
TIL that Patrick Chung made the NFL playoffs in all 11 of his seasons (2009-2019, with an opt-out in 2020). He is the only player in NFL history to appear in the playoffs in each of his first 11 seasons.
TIL that in Poland, lies a Germanic language spoken by only 20 people called Wymysorys. After WWII, the language went into decline.
TIL The first known written peace treaty was signed between Egypt and the Hittite Empire around 1259 BC. It followed the Battle of Kadesh and still survives in stone inscriptions.
TIL LaWanda Page, whom Red Foxx often insulted for her looks on Sanford and Son, began her career as a fire-breathing night club dancer
TIL After a successful music career as “Dr. Didg”, Graham C. Wiggins, Ph.D. helped develop multi-element MRI scanners and became Director of Radiofrequency (RF) Engineering at NYU. In 2016 he passed away at age 53.
TIL that Santa Claus didn’t originally rescue the misfit toys from their island at the end of the 1964 Christmas special Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer until concerned viewers wrote letters to NBC. The following year, a new ending was added where Santa is shown saving them.
TIL: Germany conducted one major paratrooper operation in WWII, the invasion of Crete in 1941. The casualties were so catastrophic that Hitler permanently banned all future large-scale airborne assaults.
TIL fish in the Anabantoidei suborder have a special lung-like organ that allows them to directly breathe air, even though they still have gills
TIL the Nutcracker ballet's first performance was considered a flop and was panned by critics, with various aspects being called confusing, disorderly, and amateurish.
TIL 'Cinderella' stories have been in existence for thousands of years. A version of the story, where a Greek slave girl marries the King of Egypt, was first recorded by the Greek historian Strabo in the late first century BC or early first century AD. The 'glass slipper' was a sandal in that story.
TIL that in Medieval Germany it was believed that mandrake is produced by semen of hanged men, who ejaculated during their hanging
TIL: of the medicine Melarsoprol. It is an arsenic-containing medication used to treat sleeping sickness. It has been given the nickname 'Fire in the veins' due to its severe side effects. About 1–5% of people die while receiving the medication.
TIL the Proclaimers' hit, 'I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)' was originally released in 1988 when it became a #1 hit in a few countries and a big hit in the UK, and was only released in the US after being on the Benny & Joon soundtrack in 1993 (when it then became a big hit in the US)
TIL Roy Bean, an Old West saloon owner who was appointed as a justice of the peace in west Texas, called himself 'the only law west of the Pecos'. His first act as judge was to shoot up a competitor's saloon. He used his saloon as a courtroom and required jurors to buy a drink during every hearing.
TIL: In the Hall-Héroult process, aluminum oxide from Bauxite is dissolved in molten cryolite, and electrolyzed to produce pure aluminum, which sinks to the bottom and is siphoned out at regular intervals
TIL: Italy invaded Greece in 1940 expecting an easy win. Instead, Greece counter-attacked, pushed them back into Albania, and inflicted 102,000 casualties. Germany had to bail them out, and Greece still refused to surrender to Italy.
TIL about geologist George Ulrich. In 1985, while working with a colleague at Hawaii Volcano Observatory, he fell through the crust of a lava tube and was partially submerged in lava. His colleague quickly pulled him out. Ulrich suffered 2nd and third degree burns to his legs, but he survived
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Did you know the walrus has the longest penile bone (baculum) in mammals
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Fun Fact: The mass of the entire asteroid belt is estimated to be roughly 3% the mass of the moon (which itself is only 1.2% the mass of the Earth).
If every single asteroid in the asteroid belt hit us, we'd definitely die. BUT the planet would be more or less the same mass after as it was before (only 36 thousandths of a percent more mass). The a... và 254 kí tự
Fun Fact: Sweet Potatoes are a scam.
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Did you know - The war in Afghanistan cost the US $300 million a day, every day, for 20 years
Source - https://www.forbes.com/sites/hanktucker/2021/08/16/the-war-in-afghanistan-cost-america-300-million-per-day-for-20-years-with-big-bills-yet-to-come/... và 156 kí tự
Fun Fact: Study Reveals Women's Farts Smell Stronger Than Men's; Experts: Stronger Odor May Benefit Brain Health
Fun fact: Ambulances in Germany need a first aid kit
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Did you know? Researchers found that women receive CPR less often than men, likely because people are not comfortable performing life-saving measures on female bodies
Did you Know: You can watch “Shrek Forever After” for Free on the CIA’s Website because when Osama Bin Laden was killed one of the things found on his computer’s hard drive was a Pirated version of Shrek 4?
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Here is an medical fun fact for you
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