› added 4 years ago

74

TIL A house Cat's genome is around 95.6% Tiger. They diverged in the evolutionary tree around 10.8 million years ago.

Read more science.time.com

via reddit.com

L78P TIL that 10 years ago a man who went for a job interview for the BBC was accidentally mistaken for a tech expert and was interviewed on live tv
YpR7Z TIL the Northern lights and the Southern lights are different enough to tell what hemisphere you're in
OoP1X TIL In Greek mythology Theseus encountered a bandit named Sinis who would kill travelers by having them help him bend pine trees to the ground, after which he would let go causing them to be catapulted to their deaths.
R7eBa TIL that Claude Monet developed cataracts and was struggling to paint later in life, until he had the lens of his left eye completely removed. Afterward he could not only see more clearly but was able to see and paint in UV colors.
jbKj TIL in 1979, tens of thousands of rock fans gathered at a Chicago stadium to destroy disco vinyls. That day became known as “the day disco died”.