› added 8 years ago

134

TIL Apples, peaches,and raspberries are all members of the rose family.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

GYgnQ TIL that the 1904 Olympic marathon involved a runner who drove 11 miles to the finish line, a runner who was poisoned by his coaches, a runner who was chased by dogs for one mile, and a runner who ate a rotten apple, took a nap and still finished fourth.
yMBJ TIL When executives from game developer Red Fly met with George Lucas they were instructed to never say “No” to him, told not to mention The Force Unleashed protagonist, Starkiller (George would only refer to him as “that guy”) and, most importantly, not to tell George how the Force works.
XpVr TIL that psychopaths convicted of murder, rape and violent assaults have distinct brain structure
lkvN TIL Frederick Douglass was the most photographed American of the 19th century, and never smiled in photographs to not appear stereotypical.
AJgn TIL a set of 19 questions such as “Do we have the right patient?” and “What operation are we performing?” can reduce surgical deaths by more than 40%