› added 1 year ago

189

TIL 40% of HPV related cancers occur in men.

Read more pennmedicine.org

via reddit.com

rRZd1 TIL that the Quaker Oats Company and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology agreed to pay $1.85-million to settle a federal lawsuit over an experiment in which radioactive oatmeal was fed to boys at a state institution in the 1940s and 1950s.
grbNL TIL fish in the Anabantoidei suborder have a special lung-like organ that allows them to directly breathe air, even though they still have gills
vbDj TIL Gary Webb, an Investigative Reporter for the San Jose Mercury News, wrote a series of articles about CIA involvement in cocaine trafficking into the US. On December 10, 2004, Gary Webb was found dead in his apartment from two gunshot wounds to the head. His death was later ruled as a suicide.
VMeaZ TIL Sacha Baron Cohen carried a bulletproof clipboard when he filmed one segment of Who is America, out of fear that the participants would shoot him.
p8OlG TIL Tortoise shells and tree resins are natural plastics