› added 5 years ago

153

TIL that the world's heaviest person, Khalid bin Mohsen Shaari, went from 1340lbs to now weighing only 150lbs after 4 years of a weight loss program

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

Me8NB TIL The initial 1972 meeting between President Richard Nixon and Mao Zedong was planned for fifteen minutes, but it lasted about an hour. Mao seemed to only want to talk philosophic questions, although Nixon brought up questions like the India-Pakistan crisis, Taiwan, Vietnam, Korea
d8jO7 TIL that the first French territory that seaborne Allied forces captured on D-Day were the Îles Saint-Marcouf islands off the Normandy coast. Although they faced no resistance, the US troops suffered 19 casualties, killed and wounded, from mines that the Germans had left.
nR1o TIL milk becomes sour and curdled when it warms because a harmless bacteria called lactobacillus is activated which converts lactose to lactic acid. The acid converts a protein called casein to a curd. It’s the reason we can enjoy other milk products like cheese.
QJvV6 TIL that the original cartoon studio founded by Walt Disney went bankrupt in 1928. It was home to many of the early pioneers of animation and was where Mickey Mouse was conceived.
kJLNB TIL although she became famous playing the "dumb blonde" role, and kept the act in all of her public appearances, Jayne Mansfield was a classicaly trained musician accomplished in violin and piano and spoke 5 languages. Her IQ is unverified but quoted numbers range from 149 to 160