› added 12 years ago

386

TIL Drinking watermelon juice before a workout helps reduce muscle soreness.

Read more ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

via reddit.com

LQr8d TIL: An Wang was an immigrant who coinvented "write-after-read" which made magnetic core memory possible in computing while working at Harvard. However, Harvard cut computer research in 1951 so he started a business. He said, "Success is more a function of consistent common sense than of genius"
rR4d0 TIL the scar on Tina Fey’s left cheek was caused by a stranger cutting her face with a razor as they ran past her playing in her yard when she was 5 years old. She doesn’t like to talk about it cause she doesn’t want anyone to think she’s using the trauma for attention.
AN0Jl TIL that the founder of the CCP believed in free democracy and free press.
b90Ea TIL that Chinese newspaper cited The Onion naming the North Korean leader as the Sexiest Man Alive without realizing it was a joke
xoA7 TIL that in 1946, armed citizens in a Tennessee county fought a gun battle with corrupt local authorities to ensure a fair election AND they made a movie about it