› added 7 years ago

254

TIL it’s illegal for a manufacturer to void a warranty based on sticker being removed from the product.

Read more motherboard.vice.com

via ift.tt

grloW TIL that Walt Disney believed to have introduced "Donald Duck" character after hearing about famous duck-out of Australian cricketer Donald Bradman through newspapers in US as Bradman's duck became a hot-topic in across US. Bradman scored duck in Australia's cricket tour of North America in 1932.
Ddee TIL Locusts are actually grasshoppers that change both physically and behaviorally when in contact with other grasshoppers
OoWb7 TIL the oldest known symbolic burial site was found in a cave, south of the modern day city of Nazareth, where a nine-year old was found buried with their legs bent and a deer antler cradled in their arms. The site was dated to circa 92,000 BP, making it about 95,000 years old.
7RR7 TIL that until the 17th or 18th century, 880 lb birds lived in Madagascar. They were called Elephant Birds and were over ten feet tall.
b9VJa TIL that, prior to WWII, dueling scars were a common sign of honor and stature, especially due to academic fencing. Their owners were considered "good husband material."