› added 10 years ago

129

TIL since male ejaculation is a spinal reflex, it can be completed without the brain.

Read more straightdope.com

via reddit.com

ADny4 TIL the real-life inspiration for "The Americans" was not Cold War spies, but 10 Russian deep-cover agents captured in 2010; but the show creator was unimpressed by the public's lukewarm reaction to the case, and figured the story would make for better TV if set in the Cold War.
JRGk TIL that when Super Famicom (SNES) first launched in Japan, Nintendo had to ship the consoles in the middle of the night so the Yakuza didn’t hijack them
nWxa7 TIL the Northern Short-Tailed Shrew is one of the few venomous mammals and actively hunts for prey. It regularly consumes up to 3x it's body weight each day. While known to eat seeds and fungi, it prefers invertebrates and vertebrates.
9Yrjr TIL platypuses, gila monsters, and cone snails use insulin as venom (and are being studied as sources of diabetes treatments)
5VPxk TIL the shortest commercially available flight in the world is between Westray and Papa Westray