› added 3 months ago

50

TIL birds are unaffected by spiciness.

Read more perkypet.com

via reddit.com

l7P7B TIL about the northernmost indigenous people in the world, Greenland's Inughuit. Isolated hundreds of miles away from even from their fellow Inuit, they developed a highly specialized culture that allowed them to live in the high arctic. They only constitute 1% of Greenland's modern population.
p8k18 TIL In India, about 1,500 varieties of mangos are grown including 1,000 commercial varieties. Each of the main varieties of mango has an unique taste and flavor.
J1P7j TIL Fountains of Wayne 2003 hit song "Stacy's Mom" borrowed its guitar riff from The Cars 1978 hit song "Just What I needed". The Cars in turn had borrowed the riff from the 1968 hit song "Yummy Yummy Yummy" by the Ohio Express.
yVbbM TIL About Count Carl von Cosel the Key West radiologist who fell in love with a terminal tuberculosis patient then attempted to revive her for seven years after her death. He stole her remains from the cemetery and lived with her corpse for seven years
R5aPQ TIL there's a dangerous constipation 'folk remedy' that involves putting a live eel in the digestive tract