› added 1 year ago

43

TIL a new measurement type – Smoots

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

e0Byk TIL that in the "Cookie Monster" study, experimenters randomly appointed one person the leader of a small group. When an experimenter brought in a plate of 5 cookies, the "leaders" were more likely to take a second cookie, and to eat with their mouths open and get crumbs all over the place.
GYPw5 TIL : In the early 1960's, Mohawk Airlines had 'Gaslight Service' flights that were Victorian themed planes including cigars, Victorian curtains, and the stewardesses dressed like dance hall ladies.
LkEKZ TIL in 1845 a severely depressed dog tried to commit suicide by jumping into a river and refusing to make any attempt to escape (which goes against natural instincts). Even after being rescued, the dog ran back to the river. Eventually, the dog succeeded and died.
ElLW TIL In the 1950s, full size B-47 nuclear bombers would do a partial backflip called an “Immelman maneuver” and fling their nuclear weapons in a parabolic arc towards the target . This was so they would not be consumed by the 40,000 foot tall fireball from their own weapons.
OGj1e TIL that H.G. Wells so disliked the drawings of the Martian Tripods included in the first published versions of The War of the Worlds that he wrote a criticism of them into the book.