ELI5: Why scientists can’t create a living organism from scratch | Category: Explain Life-like texture of paint https://i.imgur.com/wJg8Z5p.mp4 More
TIL that Mother Teresa did not work to alleviate poverty, lied to donors about how contributions were spent, allowed the sick to suffer as she believed suffering was a gift from god, but opted for advanced heart treatment for herself. | Category: Learned Source More
TIL that a 2012 survey of 1,000 Americans found that 45% of them wished they could skip Christmas due to financial pressures | Category: Learned Source More
TIL as a child, martial arts actor Jet Li was asked by Richard Nixon to be his personal bodyguard. Li replied, “I don’t want to protect any individual. When I grow up, I want to defend my one billion Chinese countrymen!” | Category: Learned Source More
TIL the word “dashboard” originated as a barrier of wood or leather fixed at the front of a horse-drawn carriage or sleigh to protect the driver from mud or other debris “dashed up” (thrown up) by the horses’ hooves. | Category: Learned Source More
