› added 11 years ago

613

TIL .3% of women experience an orgasm when giving birth

Read more livescience.com

via reddit.com

X0rmr TIL Thomas Jefferson, USA's Third President, developed the first Swivel Chair - and arguably the first modern office chair
K00J TIL that when Disneyland opened in 1955, it included a lingerie store with an exhibit on the history of the bra. It was hosted by an animatronic figure called “The Wizard of Bras”
4PPo TIL that the English language has no future tense verbs, and English speakers have developed complicated and nuanced ways to talk about the future that many other languages lack.
mxPBP TIL In 2017, Canadian scientists recreated an extinct horse pox virus to demonstrate that the smallpox virus can be recreated in a small lab at a cost of about $100,000, by a team of scientists without specialist knowledge.
5VOER TIL that in 1996, Southampton College awarded Kermit the Frog an honorary "doctorate of Amphibious Letters" in recognition for his contribution to children's education.