› added 1 month ago

8

TIL that Denmark has a "ghetto" law that allows the government to mass evict those with a migrant background.

Read more theguardian.com

via reddit.com

ADvLo TIL Squirrels are the “King of the power outages” being the #1 cause of animal related outages in the US
nemKP TIL that in the oldest preserved manuscript of revelations the number of the beast is 616, not 666.
vPawR TIL actor Telly Savalas won a spelling bee in 1934 but due to an oversight, he did not receive his prize until 1991, when it was awarded to him by the Boston Harold and the school principal
rNYw TIL - In 1964 the German government decided to back pay East African soliders (Askari) that had fought for them in WWI. Many had no proof of service so they had to perform the Manual of arms in German with a broom to prove themselves. Not one of them failed
AVDg TIL that, when they are infected with a deadly fungal disease, ants medicate themselves by consuming food laced with hydrogen peroxide, which would normally kill them but helps keep them alive if they have the infection.