› added 8 years ago

202

TIL that North Koreans must abide by one of 28 approved haircuts.

Read more usat.ly

via reddit.com

Y7XZG TIL about the 100 prisoner problem, where a simple strategy can change the likelihood of success from 1 in less than 100 octillion to around 31%.
Rnwj TIL that long nails of two NICU nurses (one with natural nails, one artificial) caused 46 pseudomonas infections in infants during a 15 month period. Sixteen babies died, at least 8 as a direct result of the infections.
9Ym46 TIL John Von Neumann was considered the smartest man alive by his fellow physicists. Enrico Fermi once told his Ph.D student: "You know how much faster I am in thinking than you are? That's how much faster von Neumann is compared to me."
60NJ TIL if a persons body odor smells good to you that means that they have an immune system basically opposite to yours. This happens so the chances of finding a mate with the opposite immune system is greater and the chances of any offspring you produce together will have a stringer immune system
78QZb TIL during the recording of Eddy Van Halen's guitar solo for Michael Jackson's song "Beat It" the monitor speakers in the studio caught on fire.