› added 12 years ago

268

TIL Canada is eliminating the penny, and has a collectible glow in the dark quarter with a dinosaur on it!

Read more huffingtonpost.ca

via bit.ly

4XakR TIL that when advice columnist Ann Landers asked in 1986 what the correct direction for toilet paper was, she received 15,000 letters - the most in her column's history
oByko TIL the panda ant (Euspinolia militaris), so-called because of its black and white alternating coloration, is actually a species of wasp found in the forests of Chile and Argentina. They are known to deliver a very painful sting when they attack. Females are wingless and males have wings.
XEAj8 TIL the first computer of any description to sell one million units, the VIC-20, was put together by a team of 5 people at Commodore, who used to stay back late and steal equipment to do the development work because no one else in the company would cooperate with them.
8aENV TIL Al Capone is responsible for the expiry date on milk.
GAlBE TIL bees are color-blind to red light, so red and black are no different in the eyes of bees, and that they can only recognize four colors of yellow, cyan, blue, and purple.