› added 5 years ago

474

TIL Queen Victoria was only five feet tall

Read more history.com

via reddit.com

8eKDX TIL a federal court case which allowed the US government to destroy a shipment of hazardous toys is named United States v. Article Consisting of 50,000 Cardboard Boxes More or Less, Each Containing One Pair of Clacker Balls.
lmGr TIL British supermarket M&S is laser tattooing its avocados instead of labelling them, saving 10 tonnes of paper and 5 tonnes of glue per year.
6A4m TIL that Married…With Children was developed as a reactive contrast to The Cosby Show. Where the Cosbys were shown as the first affluent, loving, black family on tv, the Bundys were the first who were all white, poor and hated each other. The original working title was Not The Cosbys
8eNlb TIL about Barcelona's Calder Mercury Fountain, a creation by sculptor Alexander Calder. This fountain pumps pure mercury. Mercury poses serious health risks if touched or inhaled.
xyQD TIL one out of every four animals on Earth is a beetle.