› added 5 years ago

132

TIL a study reviewing 87 past research papers which suggested that drinking alcohol moderately has health benefits found that literally all of them were biased and/or poorly designed and/or pointing to positive effects that were unlikely in reality.

Read more independent.co.uk

via reddit.com

yXmv TIL the Vietnam war was the only war in which military dogs were classified as expendable equipment, and not allowed to return home. 3800 out of 4000 dogs were left behind.
dalQ TIL that a graffiti artist bought an abandoned warehouse in Iowa and recreated, in half-size, Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel ceiling.
wLM77 TIL there is a Lieutenant Columbo statue in Budapest.
OGGK6 TIL that Lobsters live intricate social lives when lobsters communicate , they squirt each other in the face with urine .
OWL4 TIL Major Harold Hering was discharged from the Air Force in late 1973 for asking the question “How can I know that an order I receive to launch my (nuclear) missiles came from a sane president?” under Richard Nixon.