TIL Cindy Stowell had a lifelong dream to be a Jeopardy! contestant. In 2016 she made the show and in spite of the fact that she had Stage 4 cancer during the filming she became a six-time champion. She died shortly before her episodes aired and donated her $103K winnings to cancer organizations. | Category: Learned Source More
TIL that the Mythbusters once tested a combination of common materials that made an extremely powerful explosive. They deleted the tapes and swore to never release the information, then contacted DARPA and warned them about the possibility of misuse from the combination. | Category: Learned Source More
ELI5: Why do some materials become brittle when they get cold and others do not? | Category: Explain More
TIL that Planet Earth series has almost no authentic audio. Most of the sounds you hear are audio library effects or tailor-made studio sounds added on the editing table. | Category: Learned Source More
TIL at the special screening of the James Bond movie ‘Spectre’ at the MI6 building in Vauxhall Cross, the real MI6 staff cheered when the building was blown up in the movie. | Category: Learned Source More
