› added 10 years ago

181

TIL In 1986, a team of Canadian researchers exhumed the body of William Brane, a sailor who died 140 years earlier during the Franklin Expedition of 1846. After being removed from the permafrost and thawed, the body was still flexible, and intestinal flora were found still living inside.

Read more documentingreality.com

via reddit.com

kOgQg TIL Cats and dogs noses are like human fingerprints - they have a unique pattern of ridges and creases!
OoXN4 TIL William Moulton Marston, creator of Wonder Woman, was polyamorous. His inspirations for the character were his wife Elizabeth, and their partner Olive.
E1aPw TIL that Irish author James Joyce was very into farting during sex. When in Italy, he sent a number of extremely explicit letters to his wife Nora, where he detailed almost every act you could think of. He mentioned farting a lot.
E1Erd TIL that when cable was introduced it was advertised as having no commercials due to being a paying service.
wLe67 TIL Pistachios are expensive because the trees take up to 20 years to reach peak production, and are "biennial-bearing", meaning a light harvest every other year. The nuts used to be dyed red to hide stains caused by hand picking, most pistachios are now machine picked and dyeing is unnecessary.