› added 9 years ago

154

TIL Canada has limits on how many coins you can use in a payment until the coins are no longer considered legal tender. (ex: Limit of $25 in $1 coins, $40 in $2 coins)

Read more laws-lois.justice.gc.ca

via reddit.com

NDbE TIL that hitting a punching bag does not produce a cathartic effect: It increases rather than decreases subsequent aggression.
yD0M TIL that Einstein was asked to be Israel’s second president and refused as he had “neither the natural ability nor the experience to deal with human beings”
b9K7j TIL that tunnel lights are orange near the entrance to help the human eye quickly adjust to low lights. Over the course of the tunnel, the lights gradually become whiter to similarly prepare the eye to be back outdoors.
9YpOB TIL Australia's largest cattle ranch is slightly larger that Israel.
R0nQ TIL that there’s a deep sea fish that takes advantage of the fact that fish can’t see red light, and illuminates its prey with a beam of red bioluminescence so it can hunt with an effectively invisible beam of light.