› added 4 years ago

118

TIL that Bolas spiders are able to mimic the pheromones produced by insects like the cecropia moth. Male moths then follow the scent of the pheromones and end up becoming the spider’s next meal.

Read more nwf.org

via reddit.com

D15yj TIL In 2005, a psychologist and an economist taught a group of monkeys the concept of money - Soon, the monkeys began to engage in prostitution.
NXwxJ TIL Woody Allen the 4-time Oscar winner and 16-time Oscar nominated married his step daughter when Woody Allen was 62 and his step daughter was 27 making her 35 years younger than him.
P1abV TIL that dire wolves lived 9,500 years ago and were the size of large modern gray wolves, but with larger teeth and stronger biting ability. Their extinction is believed to have been caused by their reliance on megaherbivores as prey, climatic change, and competition from other species.
woobE TIL Ring Around the Rosie was more likely a flirting / courtship game and almost certainly had nothing to do with the Black Death.
wLmL6 TIL that in 1983, a mexican electrician inadvertently spilled thousands of cobalt 60 pellets in Ciudad Juarez, which eventually made their way into two foundries and contaminated 3,000 tons of steel, causing one of the worst nuclear accidents in north american history.