› added 2 years ago

50

TIL When you open your eyes in a prefectly dark room you don't see black, but " eigengrau ", a shafe of grey

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

mxpJM TIL The oldest known galaxy in the universe is GN-z11, a galaxy approximately 32 billion light years away from us. Scientists observe it as it existed 13.4 billion years ago, only 400 million years after the Big Bang.
4k6LJ TIL: Per vehicle miles traveled in 2020, motorcyclist fatalities occurred nearly 28 times more frequently than passenger car occupant fatalities in traffic crashes.
X051P TIL between 63rd and 76th Streets in New York City, scientists have found an ant species found nowhere else on Earth. They called him “ManhattAnt”.
g7Vy TIL there is a group that believes they can cure autism by giving children bleach enemas
jNgXp TIL that Paul Kern, who was shot in the head in WWI and never slept again, spent about 12 of his 24-hr days clubbing and the worst “side effect” was how much it cost to stay awake all the time.