› added 5 years ago

536

TIL There is a full scale intact replica of Stonehenge in a field near Ingram, Texas.

Read more roadsideamerica.com

via reddit.com

1vpP TIL there is a shrine in Indonesia where once every 35 days, devout Muslims visit, to commit adultery with strangers in the belief it will bring them good luck.
b9Je0 TIL Mormons teach that the Constitution is divinely inspired.
D19YD TIL in 2016 An Artificial Intelligence program called AlphaGo successfully beat the worlds best ranked players in the ancient game of Go. A feat previously thought impossible due to the element of human intuition required.
WROX TIL The University of Montreal had to cancel a study comparing perceptions of women between men who watch porn and men who have never watched porn, because they “couldn’t find any” of the latter.
OodEg TIL Japan has an angry tea table flipping competition. Competitors sit at a table with imitation food and flip the table over when an elderly woman sitting besides them tells them to "Stop". They also must shout a phrase about anything they want while doing this.