› added 4 years ago

872

TIL Alpine Swifts can fly for 6 months without landing once

Read more discovermagazine.com

via reddit.com

16oX TIL That the first Computer Programmer was a woman
YErx TIL In accordance with Freddy Mercury’s final wishes, Mary Austin (his former girlfriend) took possession of his ashes and buried them in an undisclosed location.
rZ5W TIL scientists believe that the primary cause of a puzzling decline in bee population is neonicotinoid pesticides. The pesticides–banned in Europe since 2013–decrease the sperm count of male bees by nearly 40 percent, as well as cutting their lifespan
woG51 TIL that Nigeriens are from Niger and Nigerians are from Nigeria
logLV TIL: David Bowie had a cameo in the (largely Monty Python) film "Yellowbeard"