› added 3 years ago

267

TIL that gut fermentation syndrome (called auto-brewery syndrome) is a rare disorder in which intestines produce ethanol from carbohydrates. If you have this disease, you're drunk all the time.

Read more vice.com

via reddit.com

OG8De TIL in 1981 American Airlines offered a "lifetime unlimited AAirpass" for a lifetime of free first class flights for $250k. You could get an additional lifetime pass for a companion for an extra $150k. Two of their most frequent fliers cost the airline $1m a year and flew over 30m miles.
oRWBr TIL The @ Symbol was invented in 1956. 435 years before email was invented.
w0nY TIL 22 US veterans kill themselves every day
OgVg TIL Israel is looking to hire university students to post pro-Israel messages on social media networks
QN9GE TIL that in July 2002, Keiko, the orca from Free Willy, was released into the wild after 23 years in captivity. He soon appeared at a Norwegian fjord, hoping for human contact. He even let children ride on his back.