› added 4 years ago

191

TIL In 1996, a group of scientists claimed to have found evidence of microscopic fossils formed by Martian primitive life billions of years ago on a meteorite discovered in Antarctica.

Read more www2.jpl.nasa.gov

via reddit.com

jNgVX TIL that in 1947, the "Doomsday Clock" was invented, it essentially says how long we have until it is doomsday (midnight). In 1991 it was 17 minutes to midnight, and this year it is 100 seconds to midnight.
l7PmV TIL that there is partially completed Tube station under Hampstead Heath, which was abandoned after its American backer was blocked from purchasing land to build a residential area which would provide passengers to use the station
XnME TIL Will Smith turned down the role of Django in Django Unchained because it wasn’t the lead role. Smith explained, I was like, ‘No, Quentin, please, I need to kill the bad guy!’”
8eL6K TIL The Birds (Spring/Summer 1995) is the fifth collection by British designer Alexander McQueen for his eponymous fashion house. The Birds was inspired by ornithology, the study of birds, and the 1963 Alfred Hitchcock film The Birds, for which it was named
xZwb TIL The largest recorded snowflake ever recorded was 15 inches wide, and 8 inches thick.