› added 3 months ago

14

TIL when you're stretching your body releases endorphins, that's why it feels so good.

Read more sciencefocus.com

via reddit.com

XLJk TIL The Queen and Margaret Thatcher once wore the same dress, much to the prime minister’s horror. To avoid such an embarassment again, she ordered her staff to ask the Palace what the Queen would be wearing. The Palace declined, saying “Her Majesty never notices what other people wear.”
b694 TIL that, as a way to reinvent himself upon enrolling at Northwestern University, Stephen Colbert began pronouncing his last name with a silent t.
R9k6 TIL that the writing staff of Futurama held three Ph.D.s, seven masters degrees, and cumulatively had more than 50 years at Harvard
0NDM TIL Bon Jovi owns a restaurant that has no prices. You pay whatever you can or volunteer for a meal.
p8oZQ TIL that Memorial Necrópole Ecumênica is the tallest cemetery in the world with restaurants, concert hall and gardens. It has 32 floors with 150 tombs in each floor. It offers a three year burial option which costs between between $5,900 and $21,000.