› added 6 years ago

318

TIL that the famous cover photo of The Beatles' album "HELP!", in which the four of them pose in flag semaphore to each make a letter, actually has them spelling "NUJV". The photographer said he thought it looked better.

Read more feelnumb.com

via reddit.com

8Dd8 TIL that the Prairie Vole (a rodent) is monogamous, while its closest relative the Montane Vole is promiscuous. The ADH receptor gene between the two species is different and cause different behavior. The same gene was injected into a laboratory mouse that showed monogamous behavior afterwards.
LNOd TIL in 1958 Ford designed the Nucleon, a car powered by a uranium fission steam engine. It was the inspiration for the “Atomic V8” engines in the Fallout games.
gXwA TIL Most Americans Believe U.S. Violent Crime is Worsening, when Really Rates are Near All-time Lows
Z89XQ TIL the origin of "steal someone's thunder" is almost literal. In old plays, people had different methods of making a loud thunder sound. Playwright John Dennis invented a method, but then heard it used in someone else's play. He complained, "They stole my thunder!"
6ENJ TIL that President G.W. Bush’s great, great, great, great grandfather Obadiah Newcomb Bush was vice president of the American Anti-Slavery Society, supported the Underground Railroad, and petitioned the New York State Legislature to secede from the Union in a protest against slavery.