› added 9 years ago

924

TIL Praying mantises rarely eat their mates in the wild; it primarily happens in captivity under stressful conditions.

Read more snopes.com

via reddit.com

yVJbv TIL the Untold Story of Ben Kramer's iconic Boat from Vèhicule
pElb TIL that Genghis Khan beheaded a city of over 1.75 million people because one of the citizens killed his son-in-law
gMwN9 TIL about Issei Sagawa, a Japanese cannibal who murdered and ate a woman in 1981. He never served a proper sentence. In this article, Sagawa openly talks about his crime and urges to commit cannibalism again.
0wAZN TIL that prior to 1922, an American woman lost her citizenship if she married a foreigner.
ZpPBR TIL In 2012, the Emir of Kuwait International Shooting Grand Prix accidentally confused the Kazakhstan national anthem with Borat's parody. Among other things, Borat's parody praises Kazakhstan for having the cleanest prostitutes in the region.