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TIL: The makers of Jurassic Park designed a human-sized Raptor (normally via http://ift.tt/1Us3QxY

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b9GKZ TIL the San Francisco font was created by Susan Kare for Apple Macintosh computers in 1984 and originally mimicked the "ransom-note effect" (juxtaposed typefaces that appear as if words or letters were cut randomly from magazines). It was used in early Mac software demos and Apple company fliers.
xmAo TIL Kanye West once ordered a curry to be delivered from London, UK to NYC, at a price of $3900
lomxG TIL that people with dry earwax carry a version of gene ABC11 that prevents their armpits from producing a strong odor.
X0ZRk TIL There’s still king of the Zulu
GYxoE TIL about the Concord Prison Experiment, which demonstrated that the experiences generated by psilocybin had the potential to lower recidivism rates among prisoners after their release from the Maximum Security prison