› added 5 years ago

90

TIL That while Déjà vu is the feeling of having lived through a situation before, Déjà rêvé is the feeling of living through something you previously dreamed.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

W5W8 TIL The Damascus Four Seasons Hotel is still open with full services and describes Syria as an “extremely inviting year-round travel destination”
woexY TIL Scientists genetically modified goats to spin spider silk from their udders. US Professor Randy Lewis transplanted a gene into the goats from a spider that allows the goats to produce milk containing an extra protein. This is then extracted from the goat milk and spun into spider silk thread.
kRQB TIL a college student aligned his teeth successfully by 3D printing his own clear braces for less than $60; he’d built his own 3D home printer but fixed his teeth over months with 12 trays he made on his college’s more precise 3D printer.
Eg58d TIL Richard Stockton, ancestor of OceanGate’s Ex-CEO Stockton Rush, was the only Declaration of Independence signer to renounce the American Revolution
lorM7 TIL on steam powered paddle ships, visibility was greatly hindered by the two large arches on either side of the ship. To combat this, a literal bridge would be built between them so the captain and helmsman could still get good visibility, thus why a ship's command center is called a "bridge".