› added 2 years ago

91

TIL that studies show alcoholism can be attributed to genetics

Read more beatlyzer.com

via beatlyzer.com

1a594 TIL of Jane Elliott, a teacher who divided her class into blue-eyed and brown-eyed. The brown-eyed group were told they were less intelligent, the blue-eyed superior, the brown-eyed accepted their lower position and the blue-eyed became more arrogant
ne7Rr TIL that Benedict Cumberbatch was kidnapped at gunpoint in South Africa. He talked his way out of being killed and said "It taught me that you come into this world as you leave it, on your own. It's made me want to live a life slightly less ordinary”
xVw6g TIL that an acre was based on the amount of land a man could plow in a day.
DQgwr TIL that Silly String was Originally Designed to be an Instant Spray-On Cast for Broken Bones
GaRN TIL That Cleopatra and Mark Antony formed their own drinking club in 41 B.C. and were known to take part in elaborate games and contests and to walk the streets of Alexandria in disguise, pranking the residents