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 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
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
TIL that In 2022, a man won a free drink in a contest while on a cruise. This was his last memory before waking up overboard in the Gulf of Mexico without the ship in sight. He treaded water for 18 ho
TIL that a tiny mummy found with the ancient Egyptian high priestess Maatkare Mutemhat was long thought to be her baby, until X-rays revealed it was a mummified monkey.
TIL Blue Peter is the longest-running children's TV show in the world, having been broadcast since October 1958.The "Blue Peter" is used as a maritime signal, indicating that a vessel flying it is abo
TIL that in 1900, a physician named Jesse William Lazear wanted to prove that yellow fever was transmitted by mosquitoes. He allowed an infected mosquito to bite him, and he became infected with yello
TIL that in parts of Afghanistan, the number 39 is looked down upon due the number's association with prostitution. People who had car plates with the number had difficulty selling them.
