› added 3 years ago

276

TIL that hippos whirl their tails around while defecating in an effort to expel leeches that have crawled into their anus

Read more mcgill.ca

via reddit.com

kj7d TIL Isaac Asimov refused the invitation to visit friend and famed A.I. pioneer Marvin Minsky’s lab at MIT in the 1960s because he was “Writing about really intelligent robots of the future and was sure that if he came and saw the clumsy ones that we were making it would spoil his imagination.”
wLKA7 TIL that looting of DJ equipment during a 1977 power outage in New York played a large role in the success of Hip Hop
A6Od TIL ketchup originated in China as a boiled-down brine of pickled fish and spices called ‘ke-chiap’.
W7NwY TIL Powdered sugar can be used to treat hemorrhoids
Z84LQ TIL about George Welch and Kenneth Taylor who were some of the only U.S. pilots to get in the air during the attack on Pearl Harbor. They are reported to have raced back to the airbase that morning after playing an all-night poker game. They managed to shoot down at least six Japanese planes.