› added 8 months ago

32

TIL about Bogdan Zerajic, whose failed assassination attempt inspired Gavrilo Princip to assassinate Franz Ferdinand two years later, sending the world into World War 1.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

QNWRk TIL in 1964, the Nth Country Experiment took three recent PhD graduates, gave them unclassified data and, three years yater, they managed to create a working device to produce a nuclear bomb
Yp58v TIL that Team America: World Release initially received an NC-17 rating due to the sex scene. The initial cut lasted a minute and a half and showed the puppets urinating and defecating on each other. Nine edits were shown to the MPAA before it was approved and cut down to 50 seconds.
Amjn TIL Belgium has 4 commonly spoken languages: Dutch, French, German (the 3 official languages) and English. 38% of Belgians use 2 or 3 languages at work and 27% of Belgians can converse in more than 3 languages.
OWng TIL: Wolves being reintroduced into Yellowstone in 1995 caused regrowth of many populations and even saved the rivers from erosion .
Wer4 TIL that part of the reason it is so hard to get Pandas to mate is that the female Panda is only “in the mood” for a short period in the spring; their sexual interest lasts just 24-72 hours per year.