a81bA TIL: that there is no consistent evidence linking serotonin levels or activity to depression.
Zpkba TIL The diameter of the Earth times 108 is the diameter of the Sun. The diameter of the sun times 108 is the distance between the Earth and Sun. The diameter of the moon times 108 is the distance between the moon and Earth.
78B6p TIL that pencils were invented after a massive deposit of solid graphite was discovered in England, being the only place in the world with pieces large enough to cut into solid rods. England's monopolies over these lead other countries to smuggle graphite and recycle graphite powder.
kJgb4 TIL that according to a 2009 Debenhams' survey, straight men only buy their own underwear between ages 19-23 when they're most likely to be single and actively dating, otherwise their mom or their wife/partner buys it for them.
Egv7x TIL there are virtual reality videos on YouTube (360*)
Y7Eb7 TIL lifeguards at Flagler Beach, FL paddled through shark-infested waters to save a deer found swimming 300 yards offshore. The deer had been stranded in the ocean for over 90 minutes before making it safely back to shore. Deer rescue by surfboard—nature's irony at its finest!
BgGYr TIL that Rhesus monkeys show sex typed preferences for human toys that resemble human behaviour
rNMb4 TIL staunch segregationist and Ku Klux Klan organizer Asa Earl Carter wrote the novel that the Clint Eastwood movie The Outlaw Josey Wales is based on
NXOl1 TIL about “Rain of Fish” in Yoro, Honduras, where fish fall from the sky during heavy rainstorms
l7gVA TIL that the Sebastopol Bell in Windsor was looted from a Russian church during the Siege of Sebastopol in 1855 at the end of the Crimean War, and it is only rung when the most senior members of the British royal family pass away
8eY5Z TIL about Pearl Curran, an early 20th-century American novelist and poet who claimed all her work was channeled through the spirit of a long-deceased Englishwoman named Patience Worth.
P1Vrw TIL World's first known medical bachelor's degree issued by Al Qarawiyyin University in Fez in 1207AD to a Moroccan doctor Abdellah Bensaleh El-Koutami, who practiced medicine, pharmacy, and veterinary science.