› added 5 years ago

204

TIL about Lake Natron: a Tanzanian salt lake that can turn animals into stone

Read more nbcnews.com

via reddit.com

d8end TIL that in 2015 A research study on the efficiency of mosquito repellents found that Victoria’s Secret’s Bombshell perfume actually repelled mosquito’s better than nearly all the other non-DEET products
woKZ6 TIL that a startup genetically engineered a houseplant with the air purification power of 30 ordinary plants
XE0LD TIL about the China National Highway 110 traffic jam; a massive traffic jam that slowed down thousands of vehicles for more than 100 km and lasted for more than 10 days. Drivers were able to move their vehicles only 1 km per day and some drivers were stuck in the traffic jam for 5 days.
xVMlb TIL When Monty Python and the Holy Grail screened at the Cannes Film Festival, firefighters came in and made everyone in the cinema go outside as there was a bomb scare. As the projector stopped the audience roared with laughter, thinking it all part of this movie.
epMLb TIL: In 1835, Ohio and Michigan went to war over a territorial dispute