› added 1 year ago

102

TIL that 90% of drowning cases occur in freshwaters rather than in salt water.

Read more ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

via reddit.com

PxWG TIL the ancient Greek writer Demosthenes would shave half his head to ensure he looked so idiotic that he would stay home and work.
b6rPZ TIL: George Bredig escaped the Nazi regime when Princeton offered him a job in 1940. Scientists and professors who did not swear an oath to the regime were fired. He managed to save his research and made significant contributions to electro chemistry. The Nazis lost 26% of their university chemists.
yQ8vl TIL that 'Die Hard' is a sequel to Frank Sinatra's 1968 movie 'The Detective.'
0dNG5 TIL that there are 293 different ways to make change for a dollar
ejV4 TIL that Esau, the oldest son of Isaac in the Bible, gave his Birthright (The right to have the authority over the family) to his younger brother Jacob in exchange for a bowl of lentil stew because he was hungry.