› added 10 months ago

312

TIL that turtles survive car hits and can suffer for weeks on the road before eventually dying. :(

Read more charlotteobserver.com

via reddit.com

kO7oB TIL that the electronic song "Scary Monsters and Nice Spirtes" by Skrillex is effective in delaying host attack, blood-feeding, and disrupting the mating process of the yellow fever mosquito.
D16vv TIL that the hexagonally shaped mirror segments of the James Webb telescope can each move 1/10,000th the diameter of a human hair in order to accurately focus on deep space.
d8bJj TIL leading up to WW2 Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King bought up land around his country estate so no 'jews or other undesirables' would move in
xVYmD TIL of Eben Byers, who won the US Amateur Golf Championship in 1906. After an injury a doctor recommended a popular ‘cure-all’ called Radithor. Due to taking this, his jaw had decayed. The deteriorating tissue was surgically removed, leaving him with a gaping hole where his mouth used to be.
nexPB TIL that not only would you need an infinite energy source to reach the speed of light, you would also need an infinite energy source to slow down from the speed of light once you were going that fast.