› added 6 years ago

76

TIL that there is a specific order to Adjectives for the English language. Native speakers can just tell if it sounds right or not, and it may not be apparent to non-native speakers at first - in general the order is: opinion, size, age / shape, color, origin, material, purpose.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

mx6XR TIL about Massopora, a fungus which infects 13 and 17 year cycle cicadas. It can dissolve the gonads of males, cause their butts to fall off, turning them into "flying zombie salt shakers", and can also change the behavior of some males to make them trick other males into trying to breed with them.
5YMA9 TIL that the Unification Church (aka 'The Moonies') supplies most of the sushi restaurants in the United States
9YrEM TIL that a doctor in the UK was targeted by vigilantes because they were confusing her professional title (paediatrician) with the word "pedophile"
v1bOB TIL the first black baseball player wasn't Jackie Robinson, but rather Moses Fleetwood Walker, who played in the 1880s despite rampant racism. He was also an inventor, newspaper editor, hotel owner, opera house manager, postal worker, and a published author on race theory.
KOr89 TIL Domino's Pizza owner is Tom Monaghan is staunchly Catholic and financially supports pro-life groups such as Operation Rescue and Right to Life, or right-wing fundamentalist causes such as Word of God.