› added 3 months ago

10

TIL that contrary to popular belief, White-Tailed Spider bites are not dangerous to humans.

Read more australiangeographic.com.au

via reddit.com

NX8AQ TIL: Hitler’s “table talks” were mealtime gatherings where he spouted monologues to impress guests like Goebbels and Göring. While newcomers found his historical insights dazzling, others grew bored, calling the talks rambling nonsense designed to shield Hitler from real criticism.
1ypV TIL that there is an “everlasting lightning storm” that rages continuously for up to 10 hours a night, in exactly the same place, 260 nights a year
ZpyyY TIL that if you were able to fold a sheet of paper in half, over and over, after 103 folds that piece of paper would larger than the whole observable universe.
PYQoL TIL when California two-spot octopuses (a specific species) were submerged in an ecstasy solution, they got calmer and more sociable with other octopuses they previously ignored. While this showed they react similarly to humans on MDMA, this was a pilot experiment that needs further research.
9E4X TIL Christian music singer Amy Grant successfully sued Marvel Comics in 1991 for using her likeness for a cover of an issue of Dr. Strange because it indicated that she was associating with witchcraft