ELI5: How do small, isolated groups of people (like the people who live on small islands) maintain enough genetic diversity to avoid genetic defects in the long term, both in modern times and in antiquity? | Category: Explain 10-hour time-lapse of an Amish barn raising Source More
Ninja Dad reflex of a bike mechanic saved not only 1 but 2 children! | Category: Interesting Source More
TIL that 28 fossils of the largest extinct species of snake were discovered in a coal mine of Columbia. The “Titanoboa” lived about 65 million years ago. The species clocked out at about 48 feet long and weighed roughly 2,500 lb. | Category: Learned Source More
ELI5: How is it possible that ISP’s can see what you are up to online? I thought HTTPs encrypted your traffic so it can’t be read? | Category: Explain More
TIL John F. Kennedy’s brain was removed and stored in the National Archive after his autopsy. The brain was subsequently lost and remains missing to this day. | Category: Learned Source More
