› added 10 years ago

181

TIL - Grocery stores spray water on produce to make it look fresher and weigh more, even though the water actually makes it rot faster

Read more m.mentalfloss.com

via reddit.com

kJ9lm TIL that the city of Angkor (in modern Cambodia) in the Khmer Empire at its peak covered an area of one thousand square kilometres, approximately the size of modern Los Angeles
v6XK TIL Billboards are illegal in Vermont
8a8NG TIL there's a fruit called "Miracle Berry" that, when eaten, causes your taste buds to not detect sour flavor for about half an hour, causing sour foods to taste sweet.
xMWo TIL that in 1970, there were half as many people in the world as there are now.
VKXD TIL most of the world’s major waterways have been diverted or dammed or otherwise manipulated—in the United States, only two per cent of rivers run unimpeded.