› added 4 years ago

91

TIL Russian stereotype of being vodka drinkers stems back for 4 centuries when the rulers and government would produce cheap vodka as a stream of revenue

Read more youtu.be

via reddit.com

69PJ TIL there is a tribe living on an island in the Bay of Bengal that we still know almost nothing about because they still violently resist contact.
xVaQ1 TIL the $35 that scientific journals charge you to read a paper goes 100% to the publisher and 0% to the authors. If you email a researcher and ask for their paper, they are allowed to send them to you for free and will be genuinely delighted to do so.
YpeQB TIL that the iPad doesn't have a native calculator app because Steve Jobs didn't like any of the proposed UI designs
oBaZA TIL of Whitney Cerak. In 2006 she was involved in a vehicular accident in Indiana that left her in comatose and badly injured. But there was a mixed up. She was misidentified as the other lady who actually died. The other family & friends took care of her. The mistake was seen only after 5 weeks.
lobN7 TIL the Mastic tree is only found on the island of Chios and has been harvested for 2500 years. It is used for digestive problems, colds, as a breath freshener (chewing gum) and a multitude of other uses. It was threatened by the Chios forest fires in August 2012