› added 5 years ago

112

TIL that Marie Skłodowska Curie, the first and only woman awarded twice a Nobel Prize, married with Pierre Curie (Nobel Prize for Chemisty), had a daughter that was awarded too, jointly with his husband in 1935. This made the Curies the family with the most Nobel laureates to date.

Read more nobelprize.org

via reddit.com

bRON TIL No one really knows when Jesus was born. December 25 was chosen by the church because it aligned closely with a major pagan festival, which allowed the church to claim a new celebration for Christianity.
9LXQ TIL that a physicist made his cat the co-author of his scientific paper to avoid replacing “we” with “I” throughout his paper.
1a4o7 TIL Otter capable of killing and eat alligator by drastically wearing out the gator in the fight. The lactic acid build up in the body would intoxicate the gator, eventually killing it. The otter then rips the alligator hide off with its razor sharp claws and eats the gator organs.
jb7M TIL that in 1795, French cavalry charged across the frozen bay at Den Helder to capture a trapped Dutch fleet. It is the only time in history a naval fleet has been defeated by a cavalry charge.
GYYe7 TIL that Waco, Texas, had so many gunfights in the late 1800's that it was called >Six Shooter Junction.