› added 2 years ago

76

TIL that the Isle of Man has an invasive species of up to 100 Wallabies that escaped from wildlife park in the 60s

Read more beatlyzer.com

via beatlyzer.com

wLWw8 TIL that almost 1/3 of all the morphine in the world is derived in a city in Turkey called "Afyon" which literally means Opium.
d8O8j TIL as part of Ben Franklin's will, the cities of Boston and Philadelphia both received 1000 pounds sterling with the will requiring a portion of the money be set aside for 200 years. When this portion was finally accessed it was worth several million dollars.
6J4W TIL that there was once so many millipedes in Australia that it caused a train crash
MvyV TIL Magpies are considered one of the most intelligent animals in the world, and the only non-mammal species able to recognize itself in a mirror test.
gNPy TIL that the species of banana eaten today is different to the species eaten pre 1965. The Gros Michel banana became commercially extinct in 1965 due to fungal disease. Today’s main export banana, the Cavendish, is now under threat from the same disease.