› added 6 years ago

145

TIL Stewart Adams, who recently died at the age of 95, discovered ibuprofen while trying to cure an hangover.

Read more bbc.com

via reddit.com

Rb58 TIL That Mindy Kaling’s real name is Vera Chokalingam; her parents called her Mindy because they thought it was a “cute American name,” and liked the name from the TV show “Mork & Mindy.”
RB4j TIL when a military jet flew over a zoo, animals ate 23 of their own babies as a protective response
VjY0 TIL When Titanic was hit, none of the Engineers left till the very end, They stayed and kept the power on, So others could Escape.
1WMO TIL The atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan was intended for Kokura, but the pilot’s view of the target in Kokura was obscured by a cloud.
v0b7 TIL that a “band-aid” for “people of color” was marketed in the late 90s and early 00s, but failed to gain traction, partly due to retailers insistence on only featuring the item in the “ethnic sections” rather than in-line with its “white” counterparts.