› added 7 years ago

306

TIL drinking coffee is correlated with reduced mortality rates

Read more ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

via reddit.com

OJ07 TIL that fact, theory, hypothesis, and proof are all distinct scientific concepts and that a theory cannot, under any circumstances, be “upgraded” into a law.
Y71E7 TIL that the little hook at the end of a tape measure is kept intentionally loose!!
6E6JJ TIL that it is possible for a uranium deposit to spontaneously undergo nuclear fission, thus acting as a "natural" nuclear reactor capable of generating up to 100 kilowatts.
pb84 TIL Russian scientist Alexandra Elbakyan created SciHub - a ‘Pirate Bay’ for scientific knowledge - and refuses to take it down while facing legal threats from the US
VBoxk TIL that the hottest and coldest temperature in the universe happened here on earth