› added 10 years ago

658

TIL that Yuri Gagarin’s heart was beating at 64 beats per minute just half an hour before the launch that would bring him to space. 64 BPM is lower than the average person’s pulse just after waking up in the morning

Read more esa.int

via reddit.com

eaLg TIL that the word “idiot”, in Athenian democracy, referred to a person who was selfish and concerned only about their private affairs, while having no interest in public concerns at all.
6E6yY TIL American Moose and European Elk are the same species and are only named differently due to language errors.
epy8g TIL the panic of 1873 triggered an economic depression until 1877 in the USA and was known as the Great Depression until the events of 1929 set a new standard. The depression also occurred in Europe and started 2 decades of stagflation in Britain.
8eEAX TIL that In World War II, British spies plotted to spike Hitler's food with oestrogen to make him less aggressive
rRV1w TIL South Africa is the only country in the world that has developed nuclear weapons and then later gave them up