› added 10 months ago

27

TIL that Pistachios are prone to spontaneous combustion when stored in large quantities.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

j6ERQ TIL about the Dalma Culture, a Prehistoric Archaeological Culture of North-Western Iran dating back to the Fifth Millennium B.C. with their Settlement Patterns showing No Signs of Social Hierarchy
b94Wp TIL a small Missouri town named Chillicothe is known as the "home of sliced bread", as it was the first in the nation to sell commercially sliced and wrapped bread.
KOD1w TIL Throughout the world boys are lagging in overall achievement. "It's tough for all kids to sit down and pay attention for six, seven hours but it's generally harder for boys"
pYP54 TIL The "July Effect" is more of an urban legend than rooted in fact. There is not an increase in mortality in US hospitals in July when interns, residents, and fellows settle into their roles.
PYZ6O TIL that dimetrodon was never a dinosaur, but was actually more closely related to mammals. Also that pop culture depictions of dimetrodon are super inaccurate.