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TIL Alan Turing was known for being eccentric. Each June he would wear a gas mask while cycling to work to block pollen. While cycling, his bike chain often sli...

en.wikipedia.org·56w·Hacker News, r/todayilearned, r/todayilearned

Osteo-Odonto-Keratoprosthesis (OOKP)

en.wikipedia.org·63w·Hacker News, Hacker News, Hacker News, r/todayilearned

‘Brain vitrification’: new research shows how the Vesuvius eruption turned a man’s brain to glass

theconversation.com·63w·Hacker News, r/todayilearned

Effect of Psychoactive Drugs on Animals

en.wikipedia.org·63w·Hacker News, r/todayilearned

TIL that all 7,000 corporate employees at Costco's headquarters are assigned cubicles. The CEO's cubicle is slightly larger than the others.

en.wikipedia.org·63w·r/todayilearned, r/todayilearned

This subreddit is my rubber ducky

en.wikipedia.org·67w·Hacker News, Hacker News, r/godot, r/todayilearned

Obelisk (Biology)

en.wikipedia.org·75w·Hacker News, r/todayilearned

Kola Superdeep Borehole

en.wikipedia.org·76w·Hacker News, r/todayilearned

In the Netherlands, we're closing our emptying prisons

theguardian.com·82w·Hacker News, r/todayilearned

TIL In 2006, Midas ran an "America's Longest Commute" award, won by electrical engineer Dave Givens. His commute was 186 miles each way, and he'd drink 30 cups ...

theregister.com·30w·r/todayilearned

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2003-08-29/settlement-reached-after-patient-gets-the-chop/1471194

abc.net.au·1185w·r/todayilearned

TIL a man fooled the computers at Columbia House Music Club & BMG Music Service by using 1,630 aliases to buy CDs at rates offered only to first-time buyers. Ov...

deseret.com·32w·r/todayilearned

TIL the Third Punic War didn’t technically end until 1985 when the mayors of Rome and Carthage signed a peace treaty for a war which hadn’t been fought in over ...

latimes.com·32w·r/todayilearned

TIL kitchen sponges are "microbial incubators" and cannot be effectively sterilized outside of laboratory conditions

nature.com·29w·r/todayilearned

TIL moon dust is toxic. Astronauts have reported watery eyes, throat irritation, and coughing after accumulating dust on suits. Moon dust particles are not weat...

nature.com·27w·Hacker News, r/todayilearned

TIL that about 90–95% of the body’s serotonin is made in the gut, not the brain. Intestinal cells and gut microbes regulate its production, and while it mainly ...

nature.com·35w·r/todayilearned

TIL the share of boys and girls who say they meet up with friends almost daily outside school hours has declined by nearly 50% since the early 1990s.

journals.sagepub.com·27w·r/todayilearned

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