› added 5 years ago

869

TIL Celebrity worship syndrome (CWS) is an obsessive addictive disorder in which a person becomes overly involved with the details of a celebrity's personal and professional life

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

N7G8 TIL Sea Otters have a favourite rock, which they store in a pouch under their arm (usually the left)
VBrXB TIL Whaling had it's biggest catches in 1960s and 1970s with the Soviet union being one of the biggest whaling counties in the world.
DQexg TIL: Saturn's north pole is a hexagon
LQApP TIL the median retirement account holdings for US workers aged 55 to 64 years old was $185,000 in 2022.
rZAx TIL the “golden spike” didn’t actually complete the Transcontinental Railroad. Despite the well-known ceremony, the actual completion took place 15 months later in Colorado. Until then, passengers had to cross the Missouri River by boat.