› added 7 years ago

708

TIL Genghis Khan killed so many people that he caused a “global cooling”

Read more zmescience.com

via ift.tt

yQZaw TIL Pasquale Buzzelli lost consciousness in a North Tower stairway during the building collapse on 9/11. He awoke at 3:00 PM that day to find himself lying atop the debris with only a fractured foot.
6EMOl TIL a Chinese investor at one point planned to build a second Atlantic-pacific canal in Nicaragua. The plan is reportedly either canceled or delayed due to ongoing financial issues
9YPEB TIL Picasso once famously said: "It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child." Researchers hypothesized that this is because early childhood is a period characterized by "exuberant neural connectivity" that facilitates "arbitrary sensory experiences in infants."
R7vpl TIL Beethoven was once asked to an improvisational battle by a rival (Daniel Steibelt). During the duel, Beethoven took a piece of his rival's music, turned it upside-down, then improvised on that theme for over an hour. Steibelt left halfway through the performance.
8gOa TIL Fecal vomiting is possible