› added 1 year ago

49

TIL Half of our weight doesn't have our DNA (not our cells).

Read more ted.com

via reddit.com

R7R4j TIL in order to graduate from Cornell University you must pass a swim test.
JYnxj TIL Cars Fueled by Compressed Air Have Been in Development in France for Years and are Scheduled for Industrial Production in India in 2020
l7xm1 TIL Unconventional computing is computing by any of a wide range of new or unusual methods. It is also known as alternative computing.
ePEL TIL that the Mormons did not allow African-Americans to become priests until 1978, and that African-Americans were prohibited from taking part in many church ceremonies.
KYZjR TIL the fire horse is a Sexagenary (60 year) cycle in Japan which, according to a superstition, girls born in such a year will grow up to kill their husbands. Therefore, birthrates in Japan tend to see a sharp decline (e.g 25% decline in 1966 vs 1965). The next year of the fire horse is 2026