› added 12 years ago

67

TIL there is a radio drama called The Archers that is still running since its pilot episode in 1950. It currently has 16,860 episodes.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

lKo1 TIL researchers trained flatworms, then decapitated them. After their heads grew back, researchers found they had retained their training.
N7rob TIL that the color of the Golden Gate bridge is called International Orange, and is the same color as U.S. astronauts' spacesuits.
9wk8G TIL the idea of grit made famous by Angela Duckworth's research and book on the subject has subsequently been found to be far weaker than she claimed and just a proxy for conscientiousness.
x690o TIL Anthony Hopkins once looked throughout the whole London for the book "The girl from Petrovka". Unable to find it he headed home, only to find a manuscript off the book on a bench. It later turned out to be the authors copy, which had been in a stolen car and dumped by the theif.
Dv5j TIL several studies show that FOX News viewers are less informed than people who don’t follow the news.