› added 6 years ago

193

TIL humans domesticated a mold thousands of years ago (Aspergillus oryzae.) It produces soy sauce, miso, sake, amazake, among other savory things.

Read more sciencedirect.com

via reddit.com

VM7KQ TIL that Image-Line, the developers of Fruity Loops, made a game called "Porntris" in 1992, which was an erotic version of Tetris.
Rox1 TIL the youngest United States citizen to receive a life sentence was Florida’s Lionel Tate, due to accidentally killing his neighbor while wrestling. At the time of the accident he was only 12 years old.
XE9pj TIL Johann Trollmann who was a gypsy boxing champion put in a labour camp in Nazi Germany, was forced to fight against a feared ex-criminal and prison guard and won despite being malnourished and exhausted. The still bitter prison guard sought revenge by murdering Johann with a shovel later.
6E0xX TIL: Red, yellow, and green bell peppers are basically the same pepper, just at different levels of ripening.
xr45 TIL Killer bees were created in an attempt to breed tamer and more manageable bees. This was done by crossing a european honey bee and an african bee, but instead the offspring became more aggressive and highly defensive bees that had escaped into the wild