› added 11 years ago

144

TIL women on average actually get in more accidents per mile than men, but men are far more likely to be in fatal accidents

Read more deepblue.lib.umich.edu

via reddit.com

e0PD4 TIL that cousins whose parents are identical twins share 25 percent of their DNA, instead of the normal 12.5 percent. While siblings share 50 percent of their DNA, half-siblings share 25 percent. That's why, though children of identical twins are legally cousins, they are genetically half-siblings
DQWJJ TIL of Joseph of Cupertino, a 17th century Italian Catholic man who become well known across Italy for both his apparent ability to levitate & his evident mental handicap. He has since been ordained as the patron saint of mental handicaps & pilots and similar things in both regards.
0wplp TIL that coffee is credited with helping to spark the Age of Enlightenment in the 17th and 18th century Europe. Before coffee was introduced to that part of the world, people often drank beer/alcohol throughout the day because it was safer than water. Coffee provided a safe alternative to alcohol.
Rjr1 TIL Swedish millionaire Johan Eliasch purchased 400,000 acres of the Amazon Rainforest from a logging company for $14,000,000 for the sole purpose of its preservation.
pYmpO TIL of the Old River Control Structure, meant to prevent the Mississippi River changing course. It if fails, it would cripple the US economy & lead to a global food crisis. Several experts have recommended letting the river shift course naturally to avoid this.