› added 13 years ago

289

TIL that Japanese Macaque monkeys in 1953 started washing their food before consuming it. They now evolved to seasoning it!

Read more science.howstuffworks.com

via reddit.com

0wyky TIL that workers can get desensitized to the odor added to natural gas - mercaptan - which can lead to catastrophic industrial accidents. This applies mostly to purging those gases indoors and workers relying on sense of smell rather than monitors, without realizing they can't smell it anymore.
7xoO TIL Nuclear bombers from the Cold War were typically painted white or with a white underside to reflect light from the nuclear blast it would deliver, the paint is called “anti-flash white”
M5xB TIL that 1-3% of the population are known as the sleepless elite. This group of people routinely get 6 hours or less of sleep daily and remain totally functional.
LkPdZ TIL: An artist who synthesized features from many ancient busts and put the images through Photoshop layers and A.I. processes created "photographic" full-color portraits of Roman emperors.
5YvZB TIL that Singapore Zoo's mascot, Ah Meng the orangutan, was replaced about 4 years ago.