› added 5 years ago

195

TIL that with lifestyle variables eliminated, men's life expectancy is only a year less than women's.

Read more onlinelibrary.wiley.com

via reddit.com

8YwK TIL in 2013 the US Government spent more on financial aid than it would cost to provide the education of public universities for free.
nevj9 TIL of the 1936 Nazi Board Game "Jews Out" where you move your 'Jews' outside of the city walls to 'collection points' so they can be sent to "Palestine"
P1N1Z TIL While Charles Darwin and the Captain of the HMS Beagle Robert FitzRoy mostly got along well together, they still had quarrels sometimes "bordering on insanity", as Darwin later recalled. The captain had such a violent temper, his outbursts gained him the nickname "Hot Coffee".
6EPwX TIL of the Gympie Gympie or suicide plant Dendrocnide moroides, its hairs can penetrate protective gear. It has a crippling neurotoxin that can last from days to years. Brushing your hand against it can make you throw up from the pain. Using it as toilet paper has made people shoot themselves
lov11 TIL in 1850 Milk in New York was so contaminated that caused 8000 infants deaths in just one year.