› added 5 years ago

219

TIL that until 1902 the Okapi was thought to be a mythical creature, even being called the "African unicorn".

Read more mentalfloss.com

via reddit.com

gMEMy TIL there are computer viruses that can be transmitted via sound.
P1P1e TIL that every Star Wars movie had the line,"I have a bad feeling about this".
PvLg TIL: The Nazis during WW2 formed a plan called ‘Operation Bernard’ in which they were to crash Englands economy by counterfeiting £132m GBP and dropping it over England by planes. This would be worth £8.3bn today.
e0DnJ TIL Larry Bird made 649 3-pointers in his entire career, Steph Curry made 688 threes in just 2015 and 2016 alone
LLRd TIL that after a Southern Confederacy lost the Civil war, 10 to 20 thousand of them fled the country and established a colony in Brazil.