› added 7 years ago

115

TIL that Ben Hawkey, the actor in Game of Thrones who plays Hotpie, opened his own bakery and sells Direwolf shaped bread.

Read more hypebeast.com

via ift.tt

9w65p TIL that when the Arctic ground squirrel hibernates it's body temperature can reach -2.9 degrees. It can prevent it's blood from freezing by cleansing it's body of ice nucleators which enable the development of ice crystals. This is being studied to help preserve human organs for transplant.
grAjX TIL "How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming" is a memoir by Mike Brown, the American astronomer most responsible for the reclassification of Pluto from planet to dwarf planet. It is an account of the events surrounding the redefinition of 'planet' that eventually changed the status of Pluto.
nWlx9 TIL that there is a narrow boat tunnel over 3 miles long in Britain that takes over an hour to pass through on a small boat
awZrZ TIL parts of the iconic fight scene between Bruce Lee and Chuck were actually filmed at the Roman Coliseum, which has a no filming policy. They dressed up as tourists, put their camera equiptment in bags, and bribed the guards to film there for a couple hours.
VwK0 TIL Ben Franklin wrote an essay titled “Fart Proudly,” an entire essay about flatulence.