› added 8 years ago

143

TIL Einstein's gravitational wave theory was proved right 100 years later

Read more ligo.caltech.edu

via reddit.com

oBLbK TIL it took 50 years for Delia Derbyshire to be credited on-screen as creator of the original "Dr Who" theme music, due BBC policy to keep employees of the Radiophonic Workshop anonymous
XExmX TIL that one of the principle decoders of the Mayan written language, Yuri Knorozov, was forbidden from visiting South America during his research and didn't go until 38 years later. He also bears a truly uncanny resemblance to a supervillain.
xVR57 TIL that a VR psychology treatment that lets you talk to yourself by switching roles (being both the patient and the psychologist) can lead to detachment from habitual ways of thinking about personal problems. It allows you to treat yourself as you treat others.
R5NJ7 TIL Isaac Newton and Gottfried Leibniz independently invented calculus at the same time, Newton accused Leibniz of plagiarism, triggering a bitter dispute that lasted until the end of their lives.
B4wr TIL Matthew McConaughey’s Lincoln commercials were only minimally scripted, and was influenced by McConaughey not wanting them to “sound like an advertisement.”