kJ70m TIL about some of the names given to gene mutations bred into fruit flies by scientists. Cheap Date is a gene that increases susceptibility to alcohol, the Van Gogh gene produces swirling of hair on the wings and the Swiss Cheese gene produces holes in the brain.
Egeyw TIL that plap is the sound a thrust makes during sexual penetration.
Y79OA TIL Earl Hindman (Wilson from TV’s “Home Improvement”) played one of the hijackers in the original Taking of Pelham 123, also mostly in disguise the whole movie.
BgOyk TIL: Hox genes, that specify regions of the body plan of an embryo along the head-tail axis of animals, are some of oldest common genes, from flies, fish and mice to humans, indicating an early common ancestor.
rN0Eo TIL Roseanne Barr suffered a traumatic brain injury as a teen, and was later diagnosed with Dissociative Identity Disorder
NXkyJ TIL that people report being bored about 10 hours a week at work, according to researchers.
l7ZEV TIL Beef was rarely eaten in ancient China, as cows & bulls were used mostly for transportation. Only nobility could eat beef- but only if the animal died naturally or from old age.
8eyX4 TIL there was a French SS division named ‘Charlemagne’ that fought alongside Nazi Germany, ending up among the last Axis defenders in Berlin in 1945.
P1ZbV TIL about Lynne Cox. The first person to swim between the United States and the Soviet Union (Bering Strait)
epNa5 TIL Michael Jackson is estimated to have donated more than $500 million to charity and the Guinness Book of World Records cited him for holding the world record for the “Most Charities Supported by a Pop Star.”
VB5R4 TIL Washington State leads apple production in the United States, accounting for over half of the nation’s domestically grown apples.
X0n6j TIL that Abraham Lincoln’s dog, Fido, was stabbed to death.