› added 8 months ago

28

TIL of the "Honey War" of 1839, a bloodless conflict over the border between Missouri and Iowa, sparked by the cutting down of three honey trees.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

dn88 TIL that Stanley Kubrick had shown an interest in directing a porn, but then concluded that he did not have the patience or temperament to become involved in the porn industry
R7pol TIL iodine was added to salt in 1924 to combat goiters, but the iodization also resulted in notable increases in intelligence
yQDOV TIL that the final catalyst of the Thirty Years' War was when two Catholic Counts and their secretary were thrown out of the window ("defenstrated") by the Protestant Count Thurn in Prague. They survived the 3 story (21 m) fall, and the secretary was later given the title of "Baron of Highfall"
kWOe TIL that a tick bite can cause a lifetime allergy to red meat. The Lone Star tick injects a type of sugar found in red meat into the blood, and causes antibodies to be made that cause an allergic reaction when the person later ingests meat with the sugar.
9wlNX TIL Atmospheric rivers are long, narrow regions in the atmosphere, like rivers in the sky, that transport massive amounts of water vapor from of the tropics roughly equivalent to the average flow of water at the mouth of the Mississippi River. They can unleash heavy rain and cause severe flooding.