› added 5 years ago

321

TIL that many plant stores hot glue fake flowers onto cactus

Read more succulentplantcare.com

via reddit.com

9wKYX TIL in order to have a television in the UK you must have a license. The cost 169 £ equivalent to 217$ annually
Y7WjA TIL that there have been three major plague pandemics in history. The Plague of Justinian in the 6th century, the Black Death in the 14th century, and the 3rd Pandemic beginning in 1855. The 3rd Pandemic was considered active until 1959, and hundreds of cases of plague are still reported every year.
GYjB4 TIL that Sandwich is an English town, and that 'wich' literally means street, town, or dwelling. Also, the sandwich was 'created' following the Earl of Sandwich's request for beef between two slices of bread. It was previously simply known as bread and cheese.
K7LG TIL Mike Tyson first got into fighting when another boy ripped off the head of one of his pet pigeons
R7eY8 TIL the term “the big apple” originally referred to horse racing. The city got its most famous nickname from a local newspaper’s horse racing column in the 1920s. Prior to the city’s adoption of the nickname, the phrase “Big Apple” was used to describe a big money prize at important horse races.