› added 1 year ago

49

TIL It's Impossible to Hum While You Hold Your Nose. When a person hums, air passes between the vocal cords in the throat, causing them to vibrate. In order to hum, you'll have to have your mouth closed so that the sound emerges from your nose.

Read more wisegeek.com

via reddit.com

Oo7We TIL that in a 1983 interview with Rolling Stone, David Bowie said his public declaration of bisexuality was "the biggest mistake I ever made" and that "I was always a closet heterosexual."
0dPLN TIL about Zhang Shangwu, a Chinese gymnast who won two gold medals at the 2001 Beijing but became homeless after a torn Achilles tendon . Zhang performed street gymnastics and sold his medals for around $15 each.
eplE5 TIL that the first three fictional artists to reach number 1 in the Billboard Hot 100 were all groups: the Chipmunks, the Archies and the Partridge Family.
kOMWg TIL of "Rubygate", where Ruby Rubacuori, 17-years old, claimed Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi gave her $10,000 at private parties. Ruby told prosecutors that Berlusconi held orgies where 20 young women performed an African ritual known as "bunga bunga" nude.
J1vd4 TIL that the quadratic formula was discovered in India by the mathematician Brahmagupta.