› added 13 years ago

110

TIL that the Moon was proposed to be the 51st State of the USA

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

5V8XP TIL that the Museum of Communism in Prague is build above a McDonalds, and next to a Casino
OGY5L TIL that it is tradition for the newly-elected Speaker of the House of Commons to be ceremoniously "dragged" to his seat by other Members of Parliament.
8aXA4 TIL there are about 1,500 species of cicadas known. There are those that appear yearly in midsummer, and there are also the so-called "periodic" cicadas. They appear at prime number intervals - 7 years, 13 years and 17 years. Once every 221 years, the 13-year cycle and 17-year cycle cicadas overlap.
5xgk TIL a ‘Nutella Tax’ was proposed by France partly because Palm oil’s production has led to displacing and killing endangered Orangutans
ADbkd TIL foxes are more closely related to walruses than to cats