› added 5 years ago

116

TIL that the “Tetris Effect” occurs when you focus so much on something— such as a video game— that you start to see it in real life and during sleep

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

b691p TIL Postboxes have underground feet and aren't just bolted to the floor.
eppo6 TIL that NYC trash collectors refer to maggots as "disco rice":
5gkQ TIL Judge Judy isn’t actually a judge on her television show, but is actually playing the role of an arbiter. Also, the show pays for any money awarded to the plaintiff.
epO86 TIL American chocolate tastes like vomit or spoiled butter. Butyric acid was added to the Hershey “variety” as a preservative, and it’s still used today because many Americans are now accustomed to the vomit flavor.
R5vr4 TIL The Battle of the Somme was humouristically called the "Great Fuck Up" by soldiers of WW1