› added 13 years ago

185

TIL women in Texas must view an ultrasound, listen to the heartbeat, and be described the organs before being allowed to get an abortion.

Read more usnews.nbcnews.com

via reddit.com

Me6R7 TIL the Kuomintang army fought the People's Republic of China from neighboring Burma into the 1960s
gng8 TIL all 100 nuclear reactors now operating in the U.S. were built on or before 1977
jMrX TIL Egyptian women would urinate on wheat and barley seeds to find out if they were pregnant. They could even tell if it was a boy or girl.
ZpdyR TIL: Due to the “M” on tabbies foreheads, in ancient Egypt cats were called Mau. Cats learned this and began to “meow” in an attempt to mimic their names.
xV5rk TIL that "Lethal White" syndrome is an autosomal genetic disorder that is most common in American Paint Horses where foals are born all white with blue eyes and appear to be normal but internally they have a non functioning colon which results in a very painful death after only a few days.