› added 8 years ago

205

TIL the longest study of humans ever conducted, the 75 years long Harvard Grant Study, found that professional success in life comes from having done chores as a kid

Read more ted.com

via ift.tt

D1ByV TIL Oliver Stone admitted to being on ecstasy during a 1997 celebrity episode of Jeopardy! He won the game (and $15,000 for charity), and credits the drug with increasing his response time on the buzzer.
WDaX TIL lesbian divorce rates have been nearly double of those of gay men
BrnMr TIL: Streff Syndrome is a rare condition that occurs mostly in pre-teens where eyesight deteriorates with high amounts of emotional stress.
DQDxr TIL about the “Groom of the Stool”, a high ranking position in court that would handle the king’s shit.
GrP5 TIL of circus strongman Alexander Zass, who developed his strength by struggling against his chains in a Prussian prison, once escaping by bending the cell’s bars.