› added 9 years ago

56

TIL that Kanzi, a male bonobo, once snapped twigs for a fire, lit them with matches, and toasted marshmallows on a stick. He is also an accomplished stone tool maker and can flake cutting knives. He can play and understand how to beat a game of Pac-Man, too.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

OowN6 TIL the celebrity crooner Frank Sinatra not only was tied up to the mob for life as they had helped him with his career, but he also owned casino's at Lake Tahoe and elsewhere in the area.
e7Z5 TIL For a period of thirty years a man weighed everything he ate and drank, as well as all of his waste, in order to study metabolism
6NK8 TIL Fox News owner also owns a porn empire.
OoLm4 TIL in 1945 the worst maritime disaster ever happened when the MV Wilhelm Gustloff was sunk by Soviet torpedos. The ship was attempting to cross the Baltic sea to evacuate fleeing Germans. While the total death count is not known, it is estimated at nearly 9,000
Y7RRd TIL that it takes roughly 40 Gallons of sap to make 1 Gallon of Maple Syrup, and the average Maple Tree will produce anywhere from 10-20 Gallons of sap when tapped.