› added 8 years ago

115

TIL That until 2007, NFL defenses could be flagged for excessive home crowd noise. Here is John Elway in 1990 demanding Chiefs fans quiet down:

Read more youtube.com

via ift.tt

xV7L5 TIL that there is a practice in China for reusing fatbergs from the sewers as cooking oil.
a8E00 TIL Squirrels terminal velocity is so low they can fall from any height and survive
XQKX TIL Richard Feynman made one mistake in his Feynman’s Lectures book and one student got her answer wrong in a exam. To her Feynman wrote “In science, believe in logic, not in authorities; I goofed and you goofed it too for believing me”
jN6vp TIL the expression "blood is thicker than water" originally had the exact opposite meaning: "The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb."
gxyL TIL It is against law in Switzerland to keep pet guinea pigs alone. A service even exists that provides a guinea pig companion to keep a lonely guinea pig company if its partner dies.