› added 3 years ago

135

TIL that an oil exploration company dug up seamonkey cysts in the 1990's while drilling near the Great Salt Lake that were radiocarbon dated to be 10,000 years old, and when the cysts were placed in water, some of them hatched.

Read more bbc.com

via reddit.com

69PNJ TIL that direct gaze can serve as an explicit and implicit signal of threat or dominance, indicating that overt physical aggression might soon follow, and one should avoid it with predators.
BrKAb TIL that the sound we make when we sneeze is not natural and we feel obliged to add it. Deaf poeple don't add any sound effect, like "Atchoo" when they sneeze.
Wk9ML TIL that a Colombian man died after a parasitic worm in his gut developed cancer which ultimately spread into his body
9BYB TIL In 2009 a Man Who Was an Expert on How to Avoid Being Kidnapped in Mexico Was Kidnapped in Mexico After Giving a Lecture On “How To Not Be Kidnapped in Mexico”
LQQ5p TIL The national anthem of Italy mentiones Poland and the national anthem of Poland mentions Italy, both in a positive way.