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TIL about the International Geophysical Year, a scientific project that marked the renewal of scientific interchange between the East and West during the Cold War. The first successful artificial satellite, Sputnik 1, was launched for the event.

by whatilearned August 20, 2022, 2:43 am

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TIL that there is no scientific difference between doves and pigeons. In English, the smaller birds are usually called “doves” and the larger ones “pigeons”. However, there is not consistent distinction.

by whatilearned August 16, 2022, 10:48 pm

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TIL cow eyeballs are actually more expensive than the more commonly eaten cow parts, due to demand from scientific institutions for experiments.

by whatilearned August 15, 2022, 3:10 am

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TIL Archimedes is recorded to have died in a math related killing. The most common story is that he was too busy solving a math problem to follow orders from Roman soldiers and was killed, or that he was found with scientific instruments that were mistaken as valuables and killed for them.

by whatilearned August 14, 2022, 10:08 am

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TIL about the Public Resource License of Scientific Advancement | Oxford | Released in 2021 to prevent universities from patenting student inventions, corps from patenting life/meds, and allows for any concept or work to be protected from WIPO so all humans can use freely; built from corp. law.

by whatilearned August 12, 2022, 2:18 pm

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What’s the weirdest scientific fact you know that you think not many people know?

by QuestionGuy August 4, 2022, 5:47 pm

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TIL there is a meditative practice that people do called Sungazing. It’s where people stare directly at the sun in hopes of clearing their mind and becoming more focused. But there is no scientific research to support these claims and staring at the sun can lead to blindness in the worst cases.

by whatilearned August 2, 2022, 5:19 pm

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TIL that Continental Drift was considered pseudoscience despite the evidence to the contrary, and was openly ridiculed by the scientific community

by whatilearned July 15, 2022, 5:37 pm

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How is religion still strong, despite most scientific advances debunking/disproving common religious beliefs for centuries?

by QuestionGuy July 6, 2022, 6:51 pm

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You’re a mad scientist, what scientific experiment would you run if money and ethics weren’t an issue?

by QuestionGuy July 1, 2022, 8:29 am

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TIL that American nuclear physicist Edward Condon was targeted by the House Un-American Activities Committee for being at the forefront of the “revolutionary movement” of quantum mechanics. Condon responded that he believed in scientific advancements and didn’t ask if they were made by Communists.

by whatilearned June 27, 2022, 3:40 am

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TIL after newer scientific studies that type 3 diabetes is a term now used to describe Alzheimer’s Disease.

by whatilearned June 26, 2022, 2:04 am

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