› added 6 months ago

23

TIL A chicken once lived for 18 months without a head. In the 1940s in the US, a chicken called Mike lived for 18 months without a head. He had been almost completely beheaded with an axe, but crucially the jugular vein and most of the brainstem were left intact.

Read more sciencefocus.com

via reddit.com

XExRE TIL about Matilda Joslyn Gage, an abolitionist, suffragist and theosophist who wrote a book called “Women, Church and State.” She was also “The Wizard of Oz” author L Frank Baum’s mother in law, and it is suggested she inspired his “good witches.”
AdWg TIL that when Robin Williams was asked to take a seat during his audition for the role of Mork, he immediately sat on his head on the chair. He was cast on the spot.
d8V0r TIL Netherlands closed 19 prisons last year due to the lack of criminals
PYArG TIL when a morbidly obese person is cremated, there are special measures that can be taken to reduce the risk of a "grease fire."
Y7DpG TIL Dolphins have two stomachs.