TIL a Japanese professor searching to find out what happened to Einstein’s brain discovered that it was being kept in a mason jar by a retiree in Kansas, who would occasionally shave off slices with a kitchen knife and mail it to people if they asked for some of it | Category: Learned Source More
TIL that peeling scotch tape in a vacuum produces radiation powerful enough to xray the human body | Category: Learned Source More
TIL actress Kate Mara is the great-granddaughter of both Tim Mara (founder of the NY Giants) and Art Rooney (founder of the Pittsburgh Steelers). Her acting contracts have a clause stating that if any of these teams make it to the Super Bowl, she will attend the game before work. | Category: Learned Source More
TIL Michael Crichton, author of Jurassic Park, believed that his professor at Harvard was giving him unfair grades. To prove it, he turned in a paper from George Orwell. He received a B-. | Category: Learned Source More
TIL that Monster and similar companies make cans of water, so it appears that celebrities are drinking their product while actually just drinking water. | Category: Learned Source More