› added 3 months ago

16

TIL that Leonardo da Vinci was ambidextrous and could write with one hand while drawing with the other simultaneously.

Read more artsy.net

via reddit.com

p8LNA TIL About The Kurgan hypothesis. That a group of peoples 6,000 to 8,000 years ago, whose language is now related to 440 others, spread across Europe and parts of Asia. Their word "lox" has survived unchanged for 8,000 years and means/pronounced the same as it is today in English.
W7gnL TIL that schizophrenic hallucinations vary across culture, western illusions usually being more violent and harmful
1aX0D TIL Orbital mechanics in 60 seconds
b9eL7 TIL of the Harlem Hellfighters (369th Infantry Regiment) who were assigned to fight with the French Army in WWI because US commanders refused to accept them for combat duty with white American troops - They went on to become the most decorated American unit of the war.
4XrVg TIL that birds are dinosaurs.