› added 8 years ago

183

TIL there is a 42% decrease in air quality on 4th July due to firework displays

Read more livescience.com

via reddit.com

D1Arg TIL Mazda had to recall 52k cars due to a species of spider loving the smell of gasoline so much it chose to build its web in the cars emission systems.
9YXpD TIL: A surge in cases of dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), a form of heart disease, has occurred in dogs in recent years. It has been preliminarily linked to consumption of legumes and potatoes. Supplementing your dog's diet with taurine can sometimes reverse some of the damage.
9PWB TIL in 1781 a slave ship threw 133 slaves overboard because they were sickly and wouldn’t fetch a good price. The owner took the insurance company to court to claim payment for the lost property and won.
nxjY TIL that a new type of math was invented for Futurama in the episode “The Prisoner of Brenda”
WRdo TIL 262,000,000 people were murdered by government in the 20th century alone according to a University of Hawaii study.