› added 7 years ago

583

TIL that “cob” in “cobweb” is actually an old and forgotten English word for “spiders”

Read more superlinguo.com

via ift.tt

ZBDY TIL that the Single Men ‘Don’t See The Need’ To Wash Bed Sheets Frequently
KYA9a TIL that in 1963 the Australian Army conducted "Operation Blowdown", in which 50 tons of TNT was detonated to simulate the effects of a nuclear weapon on a tropical rainforest.
EgrV7 TIL in 2009, Stephen Hawking threw an open party for everyone, only announcing it after it was finished to ensure that only time-travelers knew about it. Unsurprisingly, no one came up.
d8aAE TIL in 2018, Two Raccoons drunk on crab apples cause false rabies scare in West Virginia
e0444 TIL When Apollo 11 astronauts Armstrong and Aldrin left the lunar lander to step onto the moon, one of them broke off the toggle switch that armed the ascent engines. Aldrin jammed a pen into the resulting hole to arm the engines so they could get home.