› added 4 years ago

86

TIL that begging is illegal in Nepal

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

gM5v4 TIL organisms that reproduce only once in their lives and die shortly after are called "semelparous", while those who can reproduce multiple times are called "iteroparous".
7rvAp TIL that Monte Hall, long running host of Let's Make a Deal, would have been a doctor instead of a game show host. But due to a secret quota on Jews in medical school, he was never allowed to enroll.
oBbVo TIL In 1985, an F-15A launched an anti-satellite missile from a 65-degree climb at 38,100 feet, knocking out an orbiting satellite 345 miles above the Earth; the missile traveled at 11,000 mph when it hit the satellite, which was orbiting at 17,000 mph
a9vo TIL Newborns’ crying is influenced by native language. In a 2009 study, French infants were shown to cry with a “rising melody contour” while German infants cried with “falling contours”.
DoYj TIL cows are fed magnets that stay in their stomach for life to collect metal objects like nails or barbed wire that the cow will occasionally eat, thus preventing the objects from getting stuck in their intestines and causing “hardware disease”