› added 12 years ago

113

TIL most popular novels are written at the 7th-grade level

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

j6eLX TIL about the International Geophysical Year, a scientific project that marked the renewal of scientific interchange between the East and West during the Cold War. The first successful artificial satellite, Sputnik 1, was launched for the event.
lMeK TIL that human semen has health beneficial properties including vitamins, increasing fertility in women and contains mood-elevating hormones.
Egxdx TIL that Christian Bale had dental work done to make his teeth more perfect for American Psycho (2000) to match the superficial appearance of his character Patrick Bateman
R5KE7 TIL that when Indianapolis attempted to relocate Greenlawn Cemetery in 1899, they discovered that most of the graves had been robbed. The bodies were likely stolen for use as dissection subjects at local medical schools.
5YZoB TIL nobody really knows how nukes would be launched by the UK. The PM holds the sole power to launch a nuke. However, constitutionally, they should discuss the decision with the cabinet first. They should also discuss it with the monarch, due to the monarch being the head of the armed forces.