› added 8 years ago

240

TIL that three government research institutes spent several years and millions of dollars creating a version of kimchi that could safely (and without disgusting other astronauts) be sent into space with South Korea’s first astronaut, Ko San: space kimchi.

Read more nytimes.com

via reddit.com

e0ZoE TIL that banging your head against a wall for one hour burns 150 calories.
Y7JOB TIL Sylvester Stallone met Chuck Wepner, the real-life inspiration for Rocky (1976), while the latter was an inmate at the prison where the Stallone film Lock Out was shot.
9QZ7 TIL Rick Moranis ( Strange Brew, Ghostbusters, Spaceballs, Little Shop of Horrors, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids) officially left the film industry in 1997 after his wife died of cancer to raise his children.
nmJP TIL Food Network’s Alton Brown began his career in cinematography and film production. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, he was the cinematographer for several music videos, including “The One I Love” by R.E.M.
D1YZJ TIL that the U.S. has a higher maternal mortality rate than Iran, Libya or Turkey...