› added 9 years ago

187

TIL that in the World’s Quietest Room, you could actually hear your own stomach, inner ear, and even the sounds emitted from a cellphone’s display.

Read more startribune.com

via reddit.com

VVgZ TIL that because of Japan’s increasing senior citizen population, more adult diapers are sold than baby diapers.
0dAwj TIL that Australian aboriginal tribes have oral history and legends that accurately describe old geographic features and document the sea rise that are between 7,000 and 18,000 years old.
068p TIL that Fresh Guacamole by Pes is the shortest film to be nominated for an Oscar (1 minute, 40 seconds)
5YKGp TIL of Xie Jianshun, a Taiwanese soldier who was discovered to be intersex. When the doctors examined him they concluded that his male gonad tissue was deteriorating and decided it was for the best that he undergo sex reasignment surgery. The transition was then imposed on Xie against his wishes.
lRyV TIL that Canadian solider Leo Major made so much noise during a battle in WW2 that he made the German army think that the entire Canadian army was invading