› added 5 years ago

236

TIL that male cuttlefish disguise themselves as females to get past competing males and mate with females. If a male isn't as big and tough as other males vying to mate with a female, then he'll rely on cunning and stealth instead.

Read more mnn.com

via reddit.com

R5DNl TIL that between the years 1400 - 1700, nearly 100,000 people were persecuted for witchcraft in Europe and North America. It is estimated that roughly 60,000 of these people were executed.
DLDv TIL Stop signs originated in Michigan in 1915. The first ones had black lettering on a white background and were 24 by 24 inches, somewhat smaller than the current sign.
bGYp TIL: Kim Jong Un is a huge Pokemon fan, even allegedly lifting the ban on the franchise in North Korea
E1pRV TIL the U.S. never did a full test of the nuclear bomb before dropping it on Hiroshima.
D175r TIL that Sam LLoyd, or Ted from Scrubs, was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor in january which had metastasized from his lungs. Further scans showed that the cancer was also in his liver, spine, and jaw. The news just came weeks after he and his wife received their first child.