One of the most magical encounters of my life, deep in the Amazon rainforest Chorinea octauius that iridescence in the second clip makes my heart happy
TIL that in 1992, gasoline leaked from a Pemex pipeline into Guadalajara’s sewer system for at least two days before exploding, killing more than 200 people, ripping up five miles of city streets and
Acute stress impaired associative memory, while baseline cortisol moderated the relationship between cortisol reactivity and false recognition across two experiments involving 119 participants
TIL that the odds of a Canadian NHL franchise not winning the Stanley Cup from 1993 to 2026 are roughly 1 in 2500, or 0.04%. Actuarial organizations use this as an example that "highly unlikely" is no
TIL that in France, they passed the "Right to Disconnect law" back in 2017. Making it illegal for companies with over 50 employees to penalize their workers for ignoring work emails/ messages after wo
TIL that during the selection process for the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird, the U.S. Air Force required candidates to be married. The Air Force believed that having a family provided a psychological safeg
California settles lawsuit against Paramount/Warner merger, angering advocates | State AGs had “very strong” case that merger is illegal, Lina Khan says.
In July of 2020, a giant seychelles tortoise was captured hunting a tern chick. This raised questions due the belief that this kind of tortoises were strict hervibores.
Michael and Barbara Shetterly lost their 23-year-old son Matthew to an overdose in 2014. His heart was donated to Erv Basdon. Two years later, they met him and listened through a stethoscope as their
A study found that children with congenital TORCH infections were three times more likely to be diagnosed with autism and seven times more likely to be diagnosed with an intellectual disability. It al
TIL there’s a Philadelphia Eagles bar in Tokyo, near Tokyo Station. Cheesesteaks are on the menu and they show Eagles games live no matter when they’re on.
TIL: during much of the 18th century most surrendered armies would just be paroled back to their home countries with a promise to not fight again rather than kept in PoW camps
Joby Aviation completed the first fully autonomous coast-to-coast flight across the United States (3199miles/5148km) on September 18, 2026, using a J208 Cessna Grand Caravan.
