› added 2 years ago

160

TIL That there was a Teenage Girl Gang That Seduced and Killed Nazis in WW2

Read more mentalfloss.com

via reddit.com

4km1w TIL of Jupiter's moon, Ganymede, which is larger than Mercury, has a liquid metal core, and is presumed to have more subsurface water than all of Earth's oceans combined
9lo6 TIL The inventors of bubble wrap, Alfred Fielding and Marc Chavannes, were originally trying to make 3D wallpaper.
5YKYr TIL the hour and minute hands of a clock align perfectly every 1 hour, 5 minutes and 27.273 seconds. The hour and second hands align perfectly every 60.083 seconds. The minute and second hands align perfectly every 61.017 seconds.
jVRa TIL that the “post-rain” smell is caused by a mixture of plant oils, bacterial spores, and ozone
L0Rp TIL rats are capable of metacognition (the ability to think about one’s thoughts).