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STICKY You ever heard of Matar judíos? [720x2845 - 835KB]

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TIL otters are known to hold hands in groups - called a raft - while they eat, sleep and rest, to prevent families losing each other.

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TIL about Taj Farrant. Who else haven't I heard about? Please add your picks.

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TIL what a merkin is

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TIL Karen Wetterhahn died painfully of mercury poisoning after spilling two small drops of organic mercury on her hand even if protected by gloves

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There is a herd of American Bison on a small island off the coast of California because a silent film era director brought them there for the filming of a movie.

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TIL about a small minting company that makes short run, based, coinage in precious metals.

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TIL genetic testing confirmed the existence of polar bear-grizzly bear hybrids, also known as ‘grolar bears’ or ‘pizzly bears’.

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TIL there is a Jewish muppet. [803x651 - 91KB]

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There is a lesson here - We are losing because we do not fight together

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TIL Cambodia uses landmine-hunting rats specially trained to sniff out and detect TNT explosives inside landmines and unexploded bombs.

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TIL The Mystery of Al Capone's Vaults was a two-hour live American television special that was broadcast in syndication on April 21, 1986. When the vault was finally opened, the only things found inside were dirt and several empty bottles.

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TIL real-life “Buffalo Soldiers” — military police mounted on gigantic water buffalo — routinely patrol the streets of the Brazilian island of Marajo, to the delight of tourists and Bob Marley fans.

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The Disturbing Mating Habits of Ducks - TIL a ducks dick falls off every year.

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TIL an owl has three eyelids: one for blinking, one for sleeping, and one for keeping the eye clean and healthy. The third eyelid is also called the nictitating membrane, and many other birds also have it, including other raptors as well as many ducks, anhingas, and dippers.

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Autonoesis

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TIL "Petrichor" is the pleasant scent you smell just before it starts raining

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TIL: An Allosexual is Not Someone Who Wants to have Sex with a Dinosaur.

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Did you know the main actor in Never Ending Story played in a movie in the 80s, where not only was his character named Harry Potter, but he was Jr and there was a whole Potter family.

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TIL How white the southern half of South America is

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Brush teeth with bath soap instead of fluoride toothpaste

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Banquet of chestnuts.

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TIL about the “kryptos” code on a sculpture in front of CIA headquarters. 3 of 4 quadrants have been solved and the messages are very strange

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How many bones are in a skull.

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TIL oranges are gassed to make them more orange-looking

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USA has aided the genocide of over 5 million Palestinians since 1948 [1341x918 - 685KB]

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