› added 4 years ago

327

TIL The clocks in the Great Kitchen at Windsor Castle are always five minutes fast so food is never served to the Queen late. The estate has more than 450 clocks in total. It takes 18 hours to change the time on them when the clocks go back.

Read more readersdigest.ca

via reddit.com

x6B7g TIL dogs have unique ‘nose prints,’ just like human thumbprints. Each is unique to the dog, not even the breed.
W8EY TIL Due to the Taliban dynamiting two famous 4th century giant statues of Buddha for their status as idols, excavators of the site discovered a cave network filled with 5th-9th century artwork and another, previously unknown giant statue of Buddha within
OoelL TIL that dolphins and whales can die under their own weight if on land. Without water to support their size, they can end up crushing their own organs.
dDYkB TIL that in the 1980s Alyssa Milano befriended Ryan White(A Boy Ostracized For Having Aids) who was a fan of her works.She went on to appear on The Phil Donahue Show alongside Milano to kiss him on the cheek to show that she could not contract the disease.
lonmG TIL Finland trains elite soldiers in Lapland in preparation for a future war with neighbouring Russia. The two countries share an 833 mile border and were in conflict during WWII.