› added 3 years ago

111

TIL about the battle of chosin reservoir, which was fought during the Korean War at temperatures as cold as 36 degrees below zero (Fahrenheit)

Read more beatlyzer.com

via beatlyzer.com

0w1Wj TIL that viewing the Earth from outer space is purported to make you a more empathetic and amicable person, a phenomenon called the "Overview effect"
lOWA TIL Humans with extra nipples can only have them along two ‘milk lines’ in the human body, a remnant of our mammalian ancestors.
dDLQQ TIL the first paper gift card was created by an Oregon glove company in 1908 that advertised "gift givers need not worry about picking the right size or color glove"; department store Neiman Marcus created the first plastic card; and Blockbuster Video was a pioneer of displaying them to customers
jZ8X TIL that if you have 23 people in a room, there’s a 50/50 chance two people have the same birthday. If there are just 57 people, there’s a 99% chance.
e07Rk TIL that 1986s Howard the Duck box office failure lead the films producer (George Lucas) to be so badly in debt that he had to sell he just-launched computer-animation division to his friend, Steve Jobs of Apple.That same year, Jobs renamed the company to Pixar.