› added 11 years ago

115

TIL that George R.R. Martin writes his novels using WordStar 4, a DOS program from 1987.

Read more grrm.livejournal.com

via reddit.com

pvlZ TIL Monty Python’s album ‘The Monty Python Matching Tie And Handkerchief’ had double grooves on side B, meaning that depending on where you dropped the needle, a different set of tracks would play. Because there was no track listing, many fans were genuinely confused.
dDDvj TIL dragonflies don’t need their heads to breathe, and so they can survive headless until they starve to death.
dDaoB TIL Bed bugs have to feed on human blood about once a week and can live several months without a "blood meal". They aggregate usually within about eight feet of where a person sleeps and can travel more than 100 feet in a single night
glly TIL nuclear power technology, is one of the safest, cleanest and sustainable option despite past propaganda. Even nuclear waste can be recycled.
Z8alB TIL that blood from horseshoe crabs is harvested every year and is the single best way to test for bacterial toxins in the manufacture of any medical substance or device put into the human body.