› added 8 years ago

234

TIL that more than 6% of Americans with synesthesia (who see letters as specific colors) have letter/color associations that match a specific Fisher-Price alphabet magnet set

Read more blogs.discovermagazine.com

via reddit.com

x5Yw TIL each year Canada Post receives a million letters addressed to “Santa Claus, The North Pole, H0H 0H0”. They reply to every one.
YpJRP TIL in 2008, a couple who inherited a 378 acre farm in Costa Rica transformed it into a huge no-kill dog shelter. Over 1000 dogs, many recovering from illness, starvation and abuse, live there together. Visitors are welcome to walk and play with them.
45L6 TIL in 1995 a man in Australia attempted suicide by shooting himself in the chest with a shotgun. When that didn’t work he used a pistol to shoot himself in the head, then used the shotgun again on his throat and finally died after one last shotgun blast to the heart
6ObZ TIL: Louis Chevrolet, the founder of Chevrolet died bankrupt and poor working as a mechanic for the company he started.
5VKN9 TIL that American Fanta contains no juice