› added 11 months ago

169

TIL the classic "old people smell" is real and likely caused by a molecule called 2-nonenal, concentrations of which sharply increase in older individuals.

Read more ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

via reddit.com

16RJ8 TIL James Earl Jones and Carrie Fisher never met until they made cameo appearances in an episode of The Big Bang Theory
KOGVR TIL that Lew Alcindor (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) was the reason why the NCAA banned the slam dunk from 1967-1975.
M7PXA TIL Universal and Disney sued Sony for production of Betamax VCRs which they alleged enabled copyright infringement. Marc Wileage copied 3 Frankenstein movies and 7 other movies by Universal, 6 full/partial episodes of the New Mickey Mouse Club, and 1 episode of The Wonderful World Of Disney.
oB4yW TIL Cyclops from the X-men doesn't just shoot laser beams from his eyes; he opens a portal to another energy dimension and his eyes are the gateway
0d61p TIL that heavy water tastes sweet