Post * 4XPoo — Curious Curator

› added 4 years ago

483

TIL that depressed people literally see the world in a darker color.

Read more

8awvG TIL that a high school teacher wrote a set of equations, together called the Batman Equation, that form the Batman signature shape when drawn.

Eg86x TIL one of the most widely used procedures to reliably induce psychological stress in a laboratory setting is designed to simulate a job interview

kOM9e TIL that despite underground room-and-pillar mining taking place as early as the 13th Century, the use of canaries for early warning of toxic gases began only in 1900, with mice first being used for the role in 1896.

pQGN TIL in 1825 the Baron of Renfrew, one of the largest wooden ships ever built, set sail from Anse du Fort, Quebec to London, England. Her mission, to be scrapped for wood on arrival in order to exploit a loophole in British lumber tariffs. She sunk 650 miles offshore.

pAW8 TIL a man in France impersonated a government official, and managed to sell the Eiffel Tower not once, but twice.