› added 2 days ago

1

TIL That in 1954 Gloria Pall originated a character called Voluptua, a late night movie hostess on network TV who hosted the show while wearing 'come hither' clothing and playing a seductress. She also changed outfits behind a semi transparent screen. The show lasted 7 episodes before being pulled

Read more life.com

via reddit.com

rRYm1 TIL smokers who quit before 40 were found to live just as long as non-smokers. The average smoker who doesn't stop will lose 10 years on their life. A smoker who stops between the age of 35 and 40 can regain 9 of those years. Older smokers gained back 6 of those years.
8NdL TIL that the vital antibody-based Ebola drug ZMapp is produced in large scale in the Nicotiana benthamiana plant- tobacco.
KOLya TIL A full-sized tree has been growing out of the 110 ft steeple of a courthouse in Indiana since the 1870s
OEmX TIL the state name “Idaho” doesn’t mean anything. Some guy just made it up for shits and giggles in the 1860s.
W77D9 TIL about Kanzi, a male bonobo that learned language by eavesdropping on the lessons that researchers were giving to his adoptive mother.