› added 11 years ago

222

TIL That The effect Marijuana has on the Autonomic Nervous System is unlike any other chemical known to man. Marijuana is neither a stimulant nor is it a depressant, it’s actually both! and stimulates both the sympathetic and parasympathetic chemicals in your brain, creating balance.

Read more marijuana.com

via reddit.com

OG8gX TIL the 1922 film Nosferatu was such a blatant rip off of Bram Stoker's Dracula that Bram's widow won a lawsuit demanding all copies of the film be destroyed. A single copy found its way to America, where Dracula was in the public domain due to copyright error, allowing the film to survive.
9wp5X TIL in 1963 Popular Science magazine advocate an efficient way to dispose of used motor oil, by using a hole filled with gravel. The oil "will be absorbed into the ground before your next (oil) change".
9OWr TIL a valley settlement in Norway that lives in shadow for nearly half of every year has installed giant mirrors on an adjacent mountain to redirect sunlight into the town’s square, all based on a plan that was thought up 100 years ago.
oZeo TIL there is a crypt sealed in 1940 filled with documents, records, and artifacts that won’t be open till 8113
Jk6B TIL: If you are an Australian resident and fail to vote, you are hit with a fine, and forced to provide a reason for your failure to vote.