› added 7 years ago

110

TIL the “father of chemical warfare”, Fritz Haber, a Jew, pioneered many poisonous gasses for warfare use in WW1. He had family members killed in concentration camps by the same gasses.

Read more wikipedia.org

via ift.tt

608Y TIL: Despite their necessity in modern medicine, scientists aren’t sure exactly how anesthetics work.
lokvr TIL that in 1977 the FDA made a policy to exclude "all women of childbearing potential" from clinical trials after thalidomide (an anti-nausea drug used in pregnancy) caused detrimental birth defects.
e4On TIL that Billy Joel stopped a song mid-performance at the Grammys to protest Frank Sinatra’s acceptance speech being cut short to appease advertisers. (moment at three minute mark)
YXE7 TIL Martha Stewart once dated Anthony Hopkins, but broke it off because she couldn’t get it out of her head that he was Hannibal Lector. Verified by her in a NPR: Wait Wait interview
oRVxE TIL that Nobel prize winner James Watson, co-discoverer of the DNA double helix structure, invested in Facebook early and is now a multi-billionaire worth $20,000,000,000 US dollars.