One-quarter of the world’s data centers are located in areas where water demand exceeds supply for at least one month each year. Unlike energy, which can come from far away, water for these facilities
TIL that ovulation can cause one-sided abdominal pain, sometimes severe enough to interfere with daily life. It's called Mittelschmerz, from the German words for “middle” and “pain,” because it can oc
TIL about Exercise Tiger, a rehearsal for the D-Day invasion of Normandy held in April 1944 on Slapton Sands in Devon, England, where at least 749 American servicemen died.
TIL Kane Tanaka (1903-2022), the second oldest person to ever live, was the last known parent of a WW2 veteran to have died. Both her husband and son fought in WW2 and her son spent time in a POW camp
Study on ~2,000 US adults during the 2024 election found that political anger does not automatically translate to voting; instead, it depends on efficacy, or the belief people can influence a politica
TIL about the indigenous Khasi people of Northeast India. They practice a strict matrilineal system where children take their mother’s surname, husbands move into their wife’s family home (the mother-
TIL New York Yankees Hall of Fame catcher Yogi Berra was part owner of YooHoo Company until 1981, and he is credited with making the chocolate beverage popular.
TIL up to 2000 Tutsi took refuge in Fr Athanase Seromba's church during the Rwandan genocide, but Seromba gave the go-ahead to Hutu militants to demolish his church and slaughter all within. Italian m
TIL as a student, future Fields Medalist Terry Tao helped classmate Andrew Millard adapt the nonsensical poker-like game "Cripple Mr Onion" from Sir Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels. Pratchett himse
Researchers Analyzing Health Records Found That People With ADHD Who Received Prescription Medication Had a Lower Risk of All-Cause Mortality, Including Deaths From Unnatural Causes, Suggesting That T
TIL that after usurping power during coup, the Queen of Burma Supayalat forbid her husband King Thibaw from having a harem and executed his secret mistress, who was pregnant at the time. Thibaw was th
TIL during the production of “Is Paris Burning?” (1966), 66-year-old producer Paul Graetz snapped at 27-year-old screenwriter Francis Ford Coppola: "I was making films 40 years before you were born!”
TIL about anosognosia, a neurological condition where a person can’t recognize that they have a medical condition - even paralysis or when shown proof. It’s not denial. It’s due to disruption of brain
A new study found that HSV-1, the virus that causes cold sores, can reprogram the brain’s immune cells, potentially linking viral infection to chronic inflammation and increased vulnerability to Alzhe
TIL about the GDR Children of Namibia, Black Namibian children who were raised and educated in East Germany during the South African Border War between 1979 and 1990
New eye-tracking study finds men spend longer looking at attractive faces only if they're the sex they're attracted to, but women look longer at attractive faces of both men and women. And being in a
