› added 11 years ago

252

TIL key parts of our ability to process and synthesize new information shut down whenever we’re confronted with something we disagree with.

Read more synapse.princeton.edu

via reddit.com

6E7mJ TIL that there is a fish that can cause hallucinations when eaten. The Ancient Romans consumed it as a drug, and its name in Arabic means "the fish that makes dreams". Its effects are thought to come from the fish's diet of phytoplankton.
X0ZBj TIL February 30th happened once in 1712 in Sweden.
x6jWg TIL that when future Czar Nicholas II visited Japan in 1891, he was nearly assassinated by a Japanese policeman who swung a sword at his face. And the Tsarevich came back to Russia with a dragon tattoo.
7r11X TIL Asian Arowana, the most expensive aquarium fish, is rumored to sell for as high as $300,000. While illegal to own in the US, people in Asian countries have: paid to have surgery on the fish, robbed people for it, and even murdered for the fish.
v1rWL TIL Henry ford instructed drivers in a race to finish at same time in a dead heat to create publicity for the company