› added 7 years ago

222

TIL That bootleg maple syrup is A. a real thing and B. serious business in Quebec

Read more bbc.com

via ift.tt

x5eo TIL a mental disorder exists, in which people believe that they are dead, do not exist or have lost their blood or internal organs.
QJnNk TIL that after losing a bet in 2009, a man had his name legally changed to "Full Metal Havok More Sexy N Intelligent Than Spock And All The Superheroes Combined With Frostnova." It took five years, but the name was finally approved. All 99 characters of his new name are on his official documents.
69dGY TIL There is a drink popular in the Caribbean called peanut punch made with peanut butter, milk and sugar. Some think it's an aphrodisiac. In Jamaica it has white rum or stout beer for an added kick.
laO5 TIL Thomas Midgley who invented Ethyl, the lead-based additive to gasoline, also invented chlorofluorocarbons, which just about destroyed the ozone layer. He got polio, invented a wire-and-pulley system to get himself out of bed, and then ended up being strangled by it.
11WX TIL that enough technology exists right now to create a solar-powered colony on the moon.