W7BbB TIL that while Avocados are mostly used in savory dishes in the West, they’re often enjoyed as desserts in Southeast Asia
9wEXB TIL of the Morecambe Bay cockling disaster, in which 21 Chinese workers smuggled in by a gang died in Morecambe, north-west England after being cut-off and drowned by the incoming tide while harvesting cockles
nWgMd TIL about mummy unwrapping parties. They were social events popular among the Victorian elite, where Egyptian mummies were ceremoniously unwrapped for entertainment.
4klWb TIL the only organization to have ever operated full scale nuclear facilities without a single serious safety incident is the US Navy, largely credited to the work of Hyman G Rickover
x6gn0 TIL 46 years ago, on July 16, 1979, the Church Rock mill incident released 94 million gallons of nuclear waste & radioactive water into the Puerco river and Navajo nation. It is the third largest nuclear accident in history, behind only Fukushima and Chernobyl
5VNRD TIL Walt Disney’s last words were “Kurt Russell”
M76pB TIL Venice is said to have been founded in 421 AD by the Venti refugees fleeing Vandal invaders, and in the following years were joined by those escaping Lombard invaders. Settling in the sparsely populated marshlands and lagoons by the adriatic sea.
j6gbp today I learned about the home children from the uk sent to australia and canada as indentured servants and abused
0d5xM TIL the longest serving president of South Korea, Park Chung Hee, fought on the side of Japan during WW2.
grgb7 TIL that tumbleweed is not native to the Americas, first appearing in South Dakota in the 1870s when a shipment of flaxseed from Russia was contaminated.
LQwGv TIL only 3.5% of Norway's land is considered arable land
b6Gb4 TIL Madrid nearly tripled its metro network in 12 years from 71mi (114km) to 197mi (317km). One 35 mile expansion program cost as much as 1.5 mile extension in NYC adjusted for inflation.