› added 6 years ago

56

TIL 36% of Asians have Alcohol Flush Reaction. They are more probable to get cancer from drinking alcohol as well as it causing more minor symptoms as nausea, headache and discomfort.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

OkmR TIL 16% of the world’s population, 1.1 billion are atheists, agnostics and people who do not identify with any particular religion
9wVWr TIL The US has been at war 225 out of 243 years since 1776
GML5 TIL that in the 1960s, Wham-O made a “giant” Super Ball, roughly the size of a bowling ball, and dropped it from a 23rd story window as a promotional stunt. It destroyed a parked car on the second bounce.
xV0Ro TIL that the "Kio, Kio" chant in the last line of Old Town Road's intro (right before the first verse) refers to YoungKio, the producer of the beat. He also makes an appearance in the music video.
8exQ8 TIL about Turbonique, a company that marketed rocket and turbine engines to drag racers. In 1965, a VW Beetle fitted with a Turbonique TB-28 Drag Axle ran a 9.2 second quarter mile before going airborne at 183 mph.