The Strange and Fascinating School of the Internet

Things I've learned for free this week:(most Courtesy of Reddit TIL) That: -Once upon a time the Russians drilled a hole through the Earth's crust, just to see what would happen...it is the deepest point on the planet. - Miles Davis cooked what was arguably the world's greatest chili. (for Mom) - The story of the Bier block, is one of the strangest in medical history, and involves reckless self-experimentation and genital abuse. - that ~99% of a sample of the Down Syndrome population are happy with their lives when asked- a far higher proportion than people with only 2 Chromosomes #21. - the Caduceus (2 snakes on a winged staff) is not actually a symbol of medicine but of Hermes, the god of trickery and deceit. Rather, it is the uni-snaked staff of Asclepious that represents medicine, and the error is apparently a uniquely north american one. That is all.