› added 12 years ago

117

TIL That NASA is investigating technology that could lead to a warp drive.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

Yp7OZ TIL of the world's 10 deadliest animals, 10 are Aussies
78Y0P TIL: because CFCs are heavier than air, it takes years to reach the stratosphere and decades to be converted by sunlight into a form that hurts the ozone. So the damage we see now is actually the result from decades ago.
5WWD TIL some very skilled Halo fans got tired of waiting for Microsoft to act and are creating an entire Halo game for the PC from scratch using CryEngine3 that will be released for free
WkEB8 TIL that in the 17th century, choir boys as young as eight years old would be castrated in order to preserve their pre-pubescent "angel voices"
DJyv TIL Zach Braff beat up a 12 year old for spraying fake paint on his Porsche as a part of a prank on the show Punked. The scene was edited out.