› added 7 years ago

187

TIL that a man cycled from New Delhi to Sweden to meet his love.

Read more bbc.com

via ift.tt

d8Vwr TIL of Jane Percy’s Poison Garden, which has ricin, strychnine, coca and more. The Duchess of Northumberland stated:”Children don't care how a plant cures (…) They want to know how it kills. Here we offer a new avenue to get people talking about the misuse of drugs—most of which grow in nature."
W7krd TIL about "Tronie", a type of work common in Dutch Golden Age painting and Flemish Baroque painting that depicts an exaggerated or characteristic facial expression.
N70OM TIL Auguste Deter, the first woman diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease, could not recite her own name. She instead would just repeat "I have lost myself" ("Ich hab mich verloren")
0dm1L TIL The black tip at the end of a cutter knife is used to snap-off a dull blade tip
nWvmW TIL Velcro is actually called hook and loop. Velcro is a name brand, like Kleenex.