› added 8 years ago

1123

TIL refrigerators have magnetic doors because the old design killed kids.

Read more wikipedia.org

via ift.tt

E1BMw TIL Gold can grow on Eucalyptus trees. In its search for water, the Eucalyptus tree absorbs gold particles dissolved in the water deep underground, then storing the gold in the leaves of the tree. This is a cheap and effective way to discover new gold deposits in Australia.
pp8 TIL Possessing up to a quarter pound of marijuana for personal, private use is not only decriminalized, but LEGAL in Madison, WI. It has been for 35 years.
e0DbE TIL that 1830's advertisements to entice people to move to Houston Texas, show the town as a bustling port city nestled next to a range of mountains, despite the port not built yet and the closest mountain over 500 miles away.
4Xo86 TIL A British school banned Sausage Rolls because they were considered unhealthy. The school requires pupils to show their lunchboxes to staff before and after they have eaten. Steve Fryer, whose son's sausage roll was confiscated, said the school should "stick to teaching kids".
x6elw TIL that Bulgarian scientist Victor Ninov fraudulently claimed to have discovered two new chemical elements (116 and 118) while working at Berkley. Later investigations found he had also falsified evidence for elements 110,111, and 112, but escaped consequence as real elements were soon found.