› added 10 years ago

242

TIL Norway introduced sushi salmon to Japan in the 1980s

Read more implementconsultinggroup.com

via reddit.com

1XRr TIL that there is a phenomenon in Venezuela called “Everlasting Storm” in which a lake hosts thousands of lightning strikes every hour 260 days per year
kJnRB TIL Roald Dahl (author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and many other children's books) also invented a cerebral shunt that has been used to treat thousands of children with brain injuries.
X0VnQ TIL that if you use the bagel function on a toaster, the halves should be facing outwards, because only the outer heating elements are on.
8eB6X TIL that many animals hunt and eat porcupine. Badgers may flip them over and eat only the head, while others like bears and lions, consume them whole.
v10QD TIL Liverpool was a major slaving port and its ships and merchants dominated the transatlantic slave trade in the second half of the 18th century. The town and its inhabitants derived great civic and personal wealth from the trade which laid the foundations for the port's future growth.