› added 5 years ago

586

TIL that koalas are not bears but marsupials

Read more mentalfloss.com

via reddit.com

v7yD TIL that a convenience store employee and his father stole a 5million dollar lottery ticket, told the winner it was only worth $5,000, only paid him $4,000 and then pushed him out the door and locked it.
awlMJ TIL that renowned scientist Michael Faraday, whose work on electromagnetism made him one of the most influential physicists in history, had little formal education. In particular his knowledge of maths extended only to the simplest algebra, and he was unaware of trigonometry.
Y7B8P TIL that humans naturally find mixed-race, tan-colored people to be more attractive than both pale-skinned and dark-skinned people.
OoAw7 TIL that William Clark's slave, York, was instrumental to the Lewis and Clark Expedition not only because of his strength and services to the corps, but because many Native American tribes regarded him as a God due to his black skin and showered him with gifts and praise
v1X4j TIL It only takes 13 people to run the Spam factory