› added 5 months ago

93

TIL: Scientists have been using little crochet hats to help better study cats that suffer with chronic pain.

Read more nicenews.com

via reddit.com

ADKvB TIL that Brazil has the Biggest number of Italians, Japanese, Dutch, Portuguese, Sub-Saharan African and Lebanese (outside of those countries) people (descendants) in the world! Besides that, a Gigantic (in the millions) of German, Syrians, Polish, Spaniards, Ukrainians and Turkish people!
KOZvJ TIL that the HEPA filter was conceived during WWII to guard soldiers and scientists, especially those working on the Manhattan Project, from radioactive particles.
GYyy5 TIL that in Tina Fey's childhood, her parents allowed her to watch Young Frankenstein, SNL, Monty Python, Marx Brothers, and the Honeymooners, but she was not allowed to watch The Flintstones.
4Xwm6 TIL That Irish-Americans account for almost 2 out every 3 US Medals of Honor awarded, and if the country of Ireland was compared to US states, it would come third to only Texas and California for the total number of MoH awarded.
kJAVW TIL about Phantasmagoria, a French pre-cinema horror shadow show where audiences were entertained with ghost tales, demon myths, and other stories to scare them by using shadows projected on a wall, mood lighting, and auto-suggestive narration.