› added 11 months ago

30

TIL of a species of gorilla-like "giant apes" that were three to four times the weight of a human (200–300 kg / 440–660 lb) and went extinct about 300,000 years ago

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

Wk7o8 TIL Hannibal Buress found a lookalike on social media, and sent him to the premiere of Spider-man: Homecoming in his place.
xGb0 TIL in a survey executed by Harris Interactive, 40% of Americans believed the statement “Dinosaurs lived at the same time as humans” to be true, while another 13% were not sure about it
4XVYa TIL that an anonymous Brit drew penises around potholes in Manchester to force authorities to stop delaying fixing them. It worked
rNW5y TIL Michael Peterson AKA Charles Bronson once let his hostage go because the hostage farted in front of him and he was disgusted by it.
6ERJ7 TIL that the most common cause of fatal injury to retail workers is violence from other people.