As one version of the proverb says, “Curiosity killed the cat, but contentment brought it back. It is human nature to seek answers and explanations. And now, thanks to the Internet, curiosity Having a mind is easier than ever: Accidentally or intentionally (there are about 99,000 Google searches per second), we encounter new information every day, but it’s all exciting. Not worth sharing with.
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One of the rarest Yu-Gi-Oh cards in existence is Tyler the Great Warrior. It was created by Tyler Grestle, a boy who had a rare form of liver cancer. He had to make his own card through his Make-A-Wish Foundation and they printed his one card just for him. he made a full recovery.
The longest running lab experiment at TIL is the Pitch Drop experiment. This indicates that tar is the most viscous liquid with a viscosity 100 billion times higher than that of water. Since its inception in 1927, only 9 drops have fallen in 95 years.
TIL In 1822, a stork arrived in Germany with an arrow stuck in its neck. The wood came from Central Africa, over 3000 miles away. This convinced zoologists that birds migrated in the winter and disproved other theories such as underwater hibernation and conversion to other animals (such as mice).
TIL composer André Tchaikovsky requested that the skull be donated to the Royal Shakespeare Company for use in a play. In 2008, David Tennant used the skull in Hamlet.
TIL Andre Agassi has won 10 of 11 matches after seeing a ‘ticking’ in Boris Becker’s serve. Agassi could predict where Becker would be serving based on whether he had his tongue sticking out in the middle of his lips or in the left corner of his lips. Agassi told Becker over a beer after his retirement.
TIL lobsters do not die of old age due to an enzyme called “telomerase”. This increases the number of divisions a cell can make, allowing it to repair its body and live a very long life.
TIL Velcro is actually a brand name and has launched a campaign to get people to stop saying “Velcro”.
A $250,000 diamond on the nose of a F1 car was lost in a crash at the TIL 2004 Monaco GP. I am still missing today.
Or, in the words of Science magazine, “Observations show that when mice are asleep, the channels between neurons in the brain expand and the cerebrospinal fluid but can wash away debris such as proteins associated with Alzheimer’s disease in humans.”
The inventor of TIL TV was a 15-year-old farm boy who came up with the idea of scanning images from the movement before and after plowing a field.
Its photographer, Carol Highsmith, donated tens of thousands of her photographs to the Library of Congress and made them available for free. Getty Her Images later claimed copyright in many of these photos and sued her for copyright infringement by using one of her photos on her own site.
After a stroke left all but the left eyelid paralyzed, Jean-Dominique Boby (1952-1997) wrote the best-selling book Diving Bells and Butterflies, selecting each letter by flashing it while his helper recited the alphabet. Did.
The True Story of TIL Moby Dick. A whale sank the crew’s main ship, leaving behind three sailing ships. Had they sailed to a nearby island, they would have survived. Horrified by the (false) tales of cannibalism, they attempted to return to the mainland. In a tragic irony, they got lost at sea and had to resort to cannibalism.
TIL: Traditionally the Japanese don’t eat salmon sushi, but it was invented by Norwegians in the 80’s to sell more salmon in bulk.
TIL, a Nobel Prize winning general LED light. The 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano, and Shuji Nakamura for their invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes that enabled bright, energy-saving white light sources.
TIL Franz Kafka’s works were rarely published during his lifetime, and he burned 90% of his works. Works like The Trial and his The Castle were saved when Kafka’s executors ignored Kafka’s request to destroy the rest of his work.
Most coffee creamers are mostly just water, oil and sugar. No milk or cream. Some brands contain casein, an ingredient derived from milk.
TIL: Australia has a ‘firehawk’, a bird that deliberately sets forest fires as a hunting technique
TIL In 1965, an excavation team found Goujian’s sword in a tomb in Hubei, China. It is housed in a nearly airtight wooden box next to the skeleton. The sword is over 2500 years old, but in perfect condition, tests have confirmed that it can easily cut through a stack of 20 sheets of paper.
In response to the infamous suicide rate on Mapo Bridge in Seoul, South Korea, TIL decorated the bridge with suicide prevention messages and uplifting photos. These measures were not enacted by the government, instead the entire project was funded by Samsung’s life insurance division.
Like “RIP”, many ancient Romans inscribed “NFFNSNC”, non fui, fui, non sum, non curo on their tombs. I was. i haven’t. I don’t care”. The epicurist philosophy.
In 2009, an Iowa supermarket employee went missing at work, and ten years later, in 2019, a decomposing body was found between a freezer and a wall.
Playing too much TIL Tetris can cause the “Tetris Effect”. After playing a lot of Tetris, you can see the Tetris pieces falling when you close your eyes.
When TIL snowflakes hit water, they make a squeaky sound that is inaudible to humans (with the exception of some sea animals). When the flakes hit the water, they release air bubbles that oscillate in the 50-200 kHz range, well beyond the human range. When snow hits water, the underwater sound increases by 30 decibels.
The TIL of defected Soviet pilot Viktor Belenko in a MiG-25 (the most advanced Soviet interceptor at the time) was initially an elaborate tourist trap made by his CIA handlers to impress foreigners. I thought I was locking him up in the Because he didn’t understand. A huge amount he was watching.
Turkeys reproduce asexually and may form close clones of themselves.
TIL In the UK, the distinction between actors and extras is defined by agreements between actors’ trade unions and various commercial production bodies. These state that a performer must become a contract actor for that production if he speaks 13 or more words in any given scene.