› added 8 years ago

185

TIL Several scientific studies have concluded that money does indeed buy happiness

Read more wikipedia.org

via ift.tt

1ap78 TIL that Stalin's guards were so afraid of him that no one called a doctor until hours after he had a stroke. They feared he might recover and execute anyone who had acted outside of his orders.
4Xg06 TIL that real parmigiano reggiano cheese is only made in a very small area of northern Italy and "parmesan cheese" is counterfiet. Also, Italy has a black market for cheese.
GYjxj TIL male Pennsylvania grass spiders are more likely to approach a female for sex if she has recently killed and eaten another male.
R7BA7 TIL that Sony recalled camera in 1998 that could see through clothes
E15mV TIL that SR-71 Blackbird ,the fastest manned aircraft ever doesn't have a fuel tank ,the fuel is stored in the body of the aircraft itself (for savin weight) ,the body has seams and gaps so the fuel leaks while it isn't flying. The engineers expect the pressure at higher altitudes to close the gaps.