› added 1 year ago

52

TIL Neil Armstrong had rejected numerous proposals to have an author write his biography until he finally accepted a proposal from James Hansen, a history professor. He eventually recorded more than 50 hours of interviews with Armstrong, who did not demand approval rights for "First Man" nor profit

Read more fosters.com

via reddit.com

wkEo TIL Nick Offerman (Ron Swanson) is a master woodworker who made a marijuana stash box and “Lord of the Rings styled pipe” to smoke out of.
N7Xb1 Eighty-five years so far. The pitch-drop experiment—really more of a demonstration—began in 1927 when Thomas Parnell, a physics professor at the University of Queensland in Australia, set out to show his students that tar pitch, a derivative of coal so brittle that it can be smashed to pieces with a hammer, is in fact a highly viscous fluid. It flows at room temperature, albeit extremely slowly.
e0GyE TIL that the river-dwelling Mexican Tetra fish is capable of regenerating its heart tissue with no scarring. The genes that are responsible for this, named iirc10 and caveolin, can also be found in humans too. Scientists believe the genes can be activated to regenerate heart tissue in us as well.
e0ANb TIL when parents do not give their infant enough attention, the child may develop "Avoidant Attachment". Left with a deep sense of emptiness, the child copes by being distant towards others, rejecting affection, avoiding emotional intimacy and showing little to no reaction towards pain and trauma
dwd7 TIL that the Macrocilix maia moth confuses predators with wing patterns that mimic two flies eating bird shit. It even releases a pungent odor to drive home the deception.