People with a severe mental illness, such as depressive, neurotic, and stress disorders, alcohol and drug use, and schizophrenia, die more than 10 years earlier than the general population, finds mort
TIL the Brewer & Shipley hit song, "One Toke Over the Line", despite being banned on many radio stations for its drug references, was performed on "The Lawrence Welk Show" in 1971 as a "gospel number"
TIL bears preparing to hibernate actively seek out foods helping them purge gastrointestinal parasites - allowing animals minimize harm parasites may otherwise cause in empty bowels of sleeping bears
Paul Karason drank colloidal silver for 14 years when this 2007 CNN interview was filmed. He died in 2013, due to a stroke, pneumonia and heart attack deemed unrelated to his "habit."
TIL the famous airplane the Spruce Goose is actually made of birch. A longstanding rumour is that mechanics working on the plane called it the "Birch Bitch."
Cocotte from our shelter, in her forever home. It took some time (and 2 tries) but she finally have a home that’s perfect for her. She’s happy and she has friends. ❤️❤️❤️
TIL the head of Germany’s armed forces in WWII was Wilhelm Keitel: nicknamed “Lakitel” or Lackey because of his willingness to be nothing but Hitlers mouthpiece. He was known as a blindingly loyal toa
After eating literally thousands of cans of smoked oysters over the last 30 years, for the first time I rolled the ultra-rare drop table and found my first pearl within one
TIL In 1956, an airforce mechanic with 2 hours flying experience was cleared to perform a high speed taxi run in an F-86. He accidentally took off but was talked down for a landing with minor damage.
This shop is dubbed the most inconvenient convenience store. Hangs 393 feet (120m) on a vertical cliff at Hunan, China, selling water bottles without any price markup
TIL that the iconic parade scene in Ferris Bueller's Day Off was filmed partly during a real Chicago parade, with as many as 12 cameras and only one chance to get the live footage right!
Gorilla Inyange pictured in distress and placing her hands on her head after she lost her newborn baby. Ubwuzu, the baby's father, is sitting nearby and observing her. The incident was featured in Dav
TIL David Goggins went from a 297-lb exterminator to losing 106 lb in under 3 months, enduring Navy SEAL Hell Week 3 times, graduating Ranger School as Honor Man, and becoming the only U.S. servicemem
