› added 1 month ago

9

TIL that crows and ravens can mimic human speech.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

XEXpk TIL BCG (a bacteria) can be used as treatment for bladder cancer, effective trading one malady for another.
6Ean7 TIL the premise for The Smashing Pumpkins music video "Today" was inspired by a memory from Billy Corgan when the local ice cream truck driver quit his job, and he ended up giving away all of the ice cream in the truck to all the neighborhood kids.
VM4pQ TIL that the United States has a law that allows it to attack the International Criminal Court if any of it's officials are detained there.
ADjr4 TIL as a young boy Yuri Gagarin (first man in space) had his village occupied by nazis, his family forced to work while living in a 3 by 3 meter mud hut for 21 months, saw his little brother being hanged (but saved by his parents) and his two older siblings deported for slave labor (who escaped).
PYOYL TIL Over 65,000 properties in Baltimore are designated as historic buildings and listed in the NRHP, more than any other U.S. city. "We haven't nominated the entire city yet, but we're pretty close," said the Maryland Historical Trust