› added 2 years ago

84

TIL Proanthocyanidins, the active ingredient in cranberries that stop UTIs from starting is found at the same level in red delicious and granny smith apples. Unsweetened baking chocolate has 27 times that and dry grape seeds have 90 times.

Read more academic.oup.com

via reddit.com

wv8 TIL that the opening song sung by prisoners in “O Brother, Where Art Thou” was a recording of actual prisoners in 1959, and one of the prisoners was tracked down and paid 40 years later.
dr9Q TIL A gene that causes an adult fruit fly to die within 2 days was named in honor of Kenny from South Park
9wVgp TIL: that in Germany. People go to more orchestra concerts than football (soccer) games
nWKKY TIL Conan O'Brien was given the nickname Coco by Tom Hanks on the second episode of "The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien" in 2009. Conan jokingly replied, "If that sticks, I'm going to sue you!" The name would later be used for the Team Coco campaign to support him during the "Late Night Wars."
awNvJ TIL USSR used remotely controlled tanks during WW2. They were called "Teletanks" and were able to recognize sixteen to twenty-four different commands sent via radio and drop armored box-bombs.