› added 6 years ago

146

TIL not only has the world population more than doubled in the past 50 years, it was also below 2 billion just 100 years ago.

Read more johnstonsarchive.net

via reddit.com

NynE TIL that in addition to having the same social structure as bees, being resistant to cancer, and able to live up to 31 years, naked mole rats also have no pain sensation in their skin.
d1e9 TIL that, in Florida, prison executioners are private citizens who are able to remain anonymous and receive $150 per execution.
E1yjP TIL in 1969, Katherine Hephburn and Barbara Streisand both shared the Best Actress Oscar in a tie. It was the only tie for a Best Actress award ever.
LkEom TIL in 1992, Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash overdosed in a hotel hallway and experienced cardiac arrest for 8 minutes before being revived by paramedics and playing a show the next night. He said he "was pissed off at himself for dying".
xnyD TIL that in 1835, a man attempted to assassinate the king of France with a hand-made 25-barrel rifle. The discharge killed 18 people and wounded 22. The king was only grazed by a bullet.