P1yGZ TIL that some devices, like fluorescent lamps, have a property called negative resistance. This means that increasing the voltage decreases the current.
epY8g TIL that alternating current tends to flow on the outer surface of a wire due to the skin effect.
VB9yG TIL Although the original Order of Assassins typically used assassination as a means of political survival, they also did it for pay, using sleeper cells who could spend years undercover before the execution. They wrote down their kills in a roll of honor kept at their base in Alamut castle
X0RxX TIL in 2025, the Constitution of Nicaragua was amended to allow the powers of the presidency to be exercised by two co-presidents rather than a single person, thus making Nicaragua the only country in the world currently ruled by a diarchy.
OGm1L TIL of the Mariko Aoki phenomenon, which is used to describe a sudden urge to defecate that is felt upon entering bookstores.
69OnY TIL the five-second rule for dropped food is completely fake — bacteria transfers on contact instantly.
woQvJ Til that on the 30s cost of fuel got so high people removed the engine and windshield from vehicles and pulled them with horses they where called Bennett Buggies/ Hoover Wagon depending on the country they were in.
R5QJw TIL that “Jauhar” was a practice of mass self-immolation performed by Rajput Hindu women in north India during medieval times, when defeat was imminent to avoid capture and enslavement. Many forts committed Jauhar as Muslim armies swept through most of India from the 12th century.
W7WAX TIL that Brazil’s tallest mountain was only discovered in the 1950s and first climbed in 1965, due to the vastness, remoteness, and inaccessibility of the Amazon
9weRr TIL that Billboard, Rolling Stone, Variety, Deadline, The Hollywood Reporter, Golden Globes and the American Music Awards are all owned by the same company: Penske Media Corporation
nW1Z9 TIL that people can be allergic to cold weather.
4kwxR TIL In 1980 a man using the pseudonym "R.C. Christian" built a massive 20 ton granite Stonehenge like monument in the middle of rural GA called the Georgia Guidestones. They had strange commandments for society written in 8 languages imploring mankind to "Keep Population Below 500 million"