› added 4 years ago

74

TIL about the Sunland Baobab, a tree so big it had a pub installed in it in 1993.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

XENwE TIL that Memorial Stadium at the University of Illinois has a bulldozer underneath the field. During construction of the stadium, torrential rains caused a bulldozer to sink into the mud. Being too expensive to remove, the bulldozer remains buried beneath the field as of this day
yV5e TIL that Bikini Bottom from Spongebob is actually at the bottom of the lagoon at Bikini Atoll, the famous U.S. atomic bomb testing site.
gObA TIL caffeine can cause a sense of impending doom, especially on those prone to anxiety.
v8PB TIL that the word “avocado” comes from the Aztec “ahuacacuahatl,” which translates to “testicle tree.”
Mn4W TIL Pepsi released a limited edition “Pepsi Perfect” soft drink that was used in “Back to the Future Part II” to commemorate the trilogy’s 30th anniversary. Only 6,500 bottles were produced costing $20.15 each. At Comic-Con they were given to people dressed as Marty McFly.