› added 1 month ago

6

TIL leaning your head to your chest and drinking water makes it ALOT easier to take big capsules

Read more health.harvard.edu

via reddit.com

1joW TIL Charles Darwin married his first cousin with whom he had ten children. Three died as infants and three were infertile. He was the first to raise the question if incest may cause weaknesses in offspring after studying inbred plants in his garden.
kOYp1 TIL: that the phrase ‘devil’s advocate’ comes from a medieval job title. The ‘advocatus diaboli’ was the guy tasked with coming up with counter arguments when a priest was nominated to be blessed or canonized.
8xrX TIL that Redheads don’t turn grey. Red hair gets gradually less red, becoming a light orange, then white. They are also found to lose their coloration later in life than non gingers.
Z8OY4 TIL Mae Jemison, the astronaut (Endeavour), is also a dancer, chemical engineer, medical doctor, Cornell professor, and leader of the 100 Year Starship - with the goal to reach another solar system within 100 years
BrEKK TIL that the company Zildjian, one of "The Big Four" major cymbal manufacturers in the world, was founded in the Ottoman Empire in 1623, by the alchemist Avedis Zildjian.