› added 11 years ago

115

TIL that the molecules which produce the smell of lemons and oranges are mirror images somehow our nose knows the difference!

Read more catalysis-ed.org.uk

via reddit.com

W7jwB TIL No federal legislation specifically opposing lynching was passed in the US until 2022
KRWE TIL police in west Germany located a man who had a warrant for unpaid fines. They confronted him just as his slot machine struck a jackpot, and he avoided jail time by paying his fine on the spot.
5VO99 TIL in 1879, a French peasant woman and her husband claimed (falsely) to have inherited a large sum of money from a stranger who’s life they saved on a train. They lived in luxury for 20 years until the safe was opened and contained a brick and an English halfpenny.
ePYE TIL that James Bond’s creator, Ian Fleming, originally doubted Sean Connery’s casting, saying, “He’s not what I envisioned of James Bond looks.” on top of Connery being Scottish. But after seeing Dr. No he was so impressed, he updated Bond’s bio to where he was given Scottish (and Swiss) descent.
W4XL TIL there was an all girl band that would throw a ‘Golden Condom’ to the audience, and whoever got it, male or female, was taken backstage to have sex with band members.