› added 12 years ago

75

TIL whilst working as an army chaplain just before WW1 Rev. Reginald Dean drank an ‘immortality potion’ given to him by an indian doctor. Now Britain’s oldest man, last week he celebrated his 110th birthday.

Read more m.wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

VBQVp TIL about a man who committed suicide then had his heart donated to another man who also committed suicide after marrying the first man's widow.
grn7b TIL that Kendrick Lamar On April 16, 2018, won the Pulitzer prize. He was the first and only rapper till today to do this.
gr8Nb TIL At the time that Atari released the home version of Pong in 1974 the computer chip the game used was the highest-performing chip used in a consumer product. It was also Sears best selling product at the time, far exceeding expectations.
oRN0W TIL about anti ninja floors in Japan. They were purposefully made to squeak as to alert people of intruders.
RjJw TIL that vibrant star twinkling in the night sky is an indication that there is significant instability or turbulence in the atmosphere… which is a good sign that a front or stormy weather might be on its way.