TIL the Ritonavir crisis of 1998, an event where the life-saving HIV medication (Form I) became insoluble in water, happened when a more stable, insoluble form of the drug (Form II) was discovered. As
Brain scans suggest menopause may temporarily alter the brain's normal aging process, with researchers observing changes in brain structure, connectivity, and energy use that appear to stabilize after
Hideo Kojima Says He “Loves” Sony And Still Maintains A Good Relationship With Them: “I’ve Been Working With Them For Over 30 Years… I Don’t Have Any Bad Feelings Against Them
TIL that production on Cast Away was halted for about a year so Tom Hanks could lose weight and grow his hair and beard. During the hiatus, director Robert Zemeckis made What Lies Beneath with most of
TIL that in ancient times, labdanum, the resin that is the main ingredient of the amber scent in perfumery, was collected by combing it from the beards and thighs of goats and sheep that had grazed on
TIL when Harambe was 2 years old, his mother, his 11-month-old brother, and his two-year-old half-sister died of chlorine gas poisoning after a container of chlorine solution left too close to a space
Chronic stress from people’s everyday lives may be causing lasting structural changes to the heart, harming health and reducing life expectancy, according to new study of almost half a million adults
A study of more than 5,500 people over the age of 50 has raised a red flag: it found that people with abdominal obesity and vitamin D deficiency have a 123% higher risk of death than those without the
New study links the spread of the internet to a global decline in religious identity. As internet access grows within a country, religious affiliation and religious self-identification tend to decreas
Simple Diet Change Shifted People's Biological Age Markers in Just 4 Weeks: Strongest evidence from eating both plant and animal foods, but with less fat and more carbohydrates, biological-age 3.5 to
TIL that in 1928, up to 2,000 United Fruit Company (now Chiquita) workers and their families were massacred by Colombian troops in the town square of Ciénaga, allegedly to prevent an invasion by U.S.
TIL that Pink Floyd's The Wall is implied to be an endless loop. The final song, Outside the Wall, ends with the words "Isn't this where...", and the album begins with the words "... we came in?" with
TIL that the ancient Egyptians had their own “Egyptologist” — a prince who lived around 1,200 BCE and deliberately restored monuments that were already more than 1,000 years old.
TIL that before alarm clocks were cheap and reliable, Britain had a real profession called "knocker-uppers" who were paid to wake up workers by tapping on their bedroom windows with long bamboo sticks
Aazhi Ther is a Temple Car weighing 350 tons (772,000 lb). Pulled by thousands of people, Temple Cars inspired the English term 'Juggernaut', meaning a tremendous, virtually unstoppable force or pheno
TIL the Mimizuka monument in Japan houses thousands of ears and noses of Korean people that Japanese warriors sliced off during Toyotomi's invasion of Korea (1590s). Generally, most Japanese people do
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