› added 9 months ago

69

TIL the probability of a blue lobster existing is about one in two million

Read more bbc.com

via reddit.com

9wYEX TIL about Australian voter suppression of First Nation peoples
6ELWm TIL that in 2006, dozens of wives and girlfriends of gang members from Pereira Columbia started a “no sex” strike to force gang members to turn in their weapons with the goal of curbing gang violence. In 2010, the city’s murder rate saw the steepest decline in Colombia, down by 26.5%.
7ZbM TIL dwarf mammoths, around 1m tall, lived on Crete 3 million years ago
R091 TIL that during the Vietnam war, canine units were successful used to track down snipers. The trained dogs could determine the direction of the sound of the bullet, and would lie down with its head pointed at the origin of the gunshot.
5VwAR TIL about the Crazy Horse Memorial, the World’s Largest Mountain Carving which has been actively under construction since 1948 in South Dakota