› added 4 years ago

133

TIL that the oldest military unit still in existence is the Spanish 1st regiment "Immemorial del Rey"

Read more dailymotion.com

via reddit.com

6E75W TIL about HPP (High Places Phenomenon), the experience of a sudden urge to jump when in a high place. Although it has been speculated to be associated with suicidal ideation, data has proposed that it stems from a misinterpreted safety signal (i.e., survival instinct).
yV57M TIl since 2005 and redevelopment made by Jane Percy, Duchess of Northumberland, the Alnwick Garden includes a section devoted to intoxicating and poisonous plants such as hemlock, castor oil plant, nightshade, cannabis, coca and opium poppy
VMNaD TIL that there are stars that can be lower than the temperature of the human body, called "Y dwarfs"
rNWl4 TIL: That cocaine increases dopamine levels by roughly 250% in comparison with 100% from sex and %50 from food
jNY0R TIL John Walker created the match by accident in 1826. He was scraping a mixture of dried chemicals off of a stick in his hearth and it caught fire. Against the advice of friends he did not patent his idea, leading to others greatly profiting off of his invention