Hua Tuo (c. 140–208), courtesy name Yuanhua, was a Chinese physician who lived during the late Eastern Han dynasty. The historical texts Records of the Three Kingdoms and Book of the Later Han record Hua Tuo as the first person in China to use anaesthesia…

flag

Steinway & Sons' Victory Verticals were tougher than your average upright.

What Is the Yearly & Hourly Wage for Beginning Firefighters?. Firefighting is a dirty, risky, physically grueling profession. The risk of injury, illness or accidental death is higher than for most professions, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics…

Ever since its debut in office workspaces around the world, the cubicle has gained an exceptionally -- almost universally -- negative reputation.

alchemical miniature human being

The beautiful and famous Trevi Fountain is striking as much for its size, for its elegance and for its history. But there is something more...

If you used the Internet in the ’90s, you probably remember GeoCities. This popular web-hosting service was active in the U.S. from 1994-09 (and until 2019 in Japan). It hosted tens of millions of personal websites at its peak.

series of political and sectarian riots, August 1969

This is a funny old book, I must say. Some 248 pages about how aeroplanes fly. Chapter headings like Cockpit Instruments, Airplane Fuel and Flight Statistics. Who is it supposed to be for? Not pilots, surely, since they already know how planes fly. And not…

Posted in r/todayilearned by u/marmorset • 367 points and 54 comments

Gross domestic product (GDP) is the market value of all final goods and services from a nation in a given year. Countries are sorted by nominal GDP estimates from financial and statistical institutions, which are calculated at market or government official…

Hasbro purchased Entertainment One, which owns the Death Row catalog, for $4 billion

folk tale

Country boy John Denver broke ground with “Take Me Home, Country Roads,” but there’s way more to the story than fans are aware of.

Italian painter and architect

Not sure how you should actually hold a wine glass? Here's the correct way to hold your glass.

More than two decades ago, Jennifer Lopez stunned fans and critics alike at the Grammy Awards where she wore a green jungle Versace dress. With its

No match for exhaustive planning and over-provisioning

Willie O'Ree was the first black man to ever play for the NHL, but racism wasn't the only thing he had to overcome to make his hockey dreams come true. The hockey legend sat down with Anna Maria Tremonti to talk about re-learning how to play after losing…