› added 6 months ago

26

TIL Carl Linnaeus's remains constitute the type specimen for Homo sapiens. A type is an example that serves to anchor or centralizes the defining features of that particular taxon.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

xVwe5 TIL that Genghis Khan is not a name, but rather a title which translates to “Ruler of the Universe”.
D10JV TIL Days before Caesar's assassination, he said the best way to die would be suddenly and unexpectedly. One of the assassins was sitting right next to him.
l7j4K TIL With a population of approximately 9.8 mil, L.A. County has a larger pop. than 40 of the 50 U.S. states and the populations of Wyoming, Vermont, D.C., Alaska, North and South Dakota, Delaware, Rhode Island, Montana, and Maine combined.
LkOlZ TIL in 1971, Texas lawmaker Tom Moore tried pranking the Texas legislature by introducing a resolution to commend the Boston Strangler for population control. The resolution passed unanimously. Some use this as a criticism that legislators don't read what they vote on.
DJvg TIL that a 2004 phone scam caused a McDonald’s Manager to strip search one of her female employees and force the female employee to perform sexual acts.