› added 1 year ago

41

TIL: Antlers on deer, elk, etc are shed every year and re-grown the following year, and are not a part of their skeleton, unlike how horns are on bovines, sheep, etc.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

awgJ0 TIL between 1970 and 1973, four Israeli fighter pilots translated The Hobbit from English to Hebrew to pass the time in an Egyptian prison, where they were held as POWs. The pilots' translation was published commercially in 1977, and up until 2012 was considered the best Hebrew version of the book.
l7MQ5 TIL Skyrim NPCs never say "must have been the wind", it's a mandela effect, the phrase is from Oblivion, but everyone uses it as a skyrim reference
VMdX4 TIL killer whales use a hunting technique known as a "karate chop" against sharks. Using its tail it pushes the shark to the surface on a vortex, then raises its tail high in the air and slams it on the shark’s head. Then it flips the shark over causing tonic immobility, rendering it paralyzed.
VMD4G TIL That, while it is the most common position for nearly all animals, no one is quite sure why the sex position became referred to as "doggy style". In Latin it was known as "sexual intercourse in the manner of wild beasts" and in the Kama Sutra it is called "the cow position".
5VMGR TIL that DJ scratching was invented in 1975 when Grand Wizzard Theodore was playing records loudly, making his mother to enter his room to scold him. This caused him to hold the record still, accidently moving it back and forth and liking the sound it made.