› added 1 year ago

124

TIL the link between creative genius and mental illness. That highly creative artists have temperaments more akin to manic depressives than to the general public

Read more irishtimes.com

via reddit.com

neJxP TIL there was a traffic jam in China that started on August 13th 2010; it lasted two weeks, jammed traffic for over 100km and allowed drivers to move roughly 1km a day. It inspired people to sell noodles in the jam for 3x the normal price and bottled water for ¥15, it normally sold for ¥1.
gMpvA TIL that Khmer Rouge, which killed over 1.5 million Cambodians (25% of population), was allowed to keep its UN seat for 14 years after being removed from power in 1979 (by a Vietnamese invasion), with widespread Western support, including the US, primarily due to Cold War considerations.
5VrdQ TIL a deer smashed thru a store called iSmash which is a place where you can smash things.
b97w9 TIL that because nobody had thought to put a diaper inside Alan Shepard's spacesuit during his Freedom 7 mission, he was forced to relieve himself directly into his suit after being in it for more than eight hours, shorting his medical electrodes.
W70pL TIL that a titanium hammer harnesses 97% of the energy from a hammer swing to the nail, whereas a steel hammer only transfers 70% of the energy.