› added 1 year ago

381

TIL Coriander is the name for the plant's seeds, cilantro is the name for the leaves & stalk

Read more healthline.com

via reddit.com

vPY1R TIL A 2004 British reality show selected nine contestants for their suggestibility, tricked them into thinking they were flown to Russia, then had them compete to become space tourists. The "winners" were placed on a simulator and tricked into thinking they were in space for five days.
mRMo TIL London isn’t naturally foggy. London’s Fog was an artifact of coal burning smog.
ZpLeD TIL the captain of US Airways Flight 1549 stated "What a view of the Hudson today" after takeoff, less than a minute before striking birds and being forced to land in the Hudson river
lpm1 TIL that the “Cadillac-driving welfare queen” made famous by Reagan’s speeches was a real person – and her crime and deception extended far beyond welfare fraud.
8eM8P TIL Germany sold 22 Mig-29 to Poland in 2003 for just 22 €.