› added 4 years ago

82

TIL in 1818, German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer described the post-orgasm moment of clarity as "devil's laughter", explaining: "They have fulfilled their need to reproduce and are momentarily caught in the abyss of meaninglessness."

Read more themodernsisyphus.com

via reddit.com

pgM4 TIL In 2012, the world’s first lab grown burger cost $325,000. By 2015, a lab grown burger only cost $11.36.
Z8DQa TIL during the Great Depression, the U.S. deported between 400,000 to 2,000,000 people of Mexican heritage. Approximately sixty percent of them were born in the U.S.
X8kR TIL the American pint is 95ml smaller than the British pint
R5Wm6 TIL that the high-five is relatively new. The first recorded occurrence was in 1977 between two LA Dodgers players, Dusty Baker and Glenn Burke.
R5dYw TIL of the Toyota War, named like that, because of the Toyota pick up trucks used for transport and mobility