› added 1 year ago

41

TIL zip codes in the US weren't created until 1963

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

vRn4 TIL in 1386 a pig was dressed in people-clothes and then publicly executed by hanging for the murder of a child. The punishment was decided through an actual trial.
N7j98 TIL that scientists are and have been working on ways to record dreams. They have even recorded shapes through and other images through fMRI machines. One day soon, maybe we can record our dreams.
WNdN TIL Ben Franklin invented the flexible urinary catheter when his brother John suffered from kidney stones
1aPgX TIL that long-beaked echidnas have four-headed penises and are known as monotremes, meaning egg laying mammals. This perhaps hints at early mammalian evolution from reptiles. These guys are sadly critically endangered owing to habitat loss!
9Yo9X TIL about the Chocolate Bar Strike: in 1947, Canadian children went on strike because the price of candy bars had risen from 5 to 8 cents.