› added 11 years ago

108

TIL that strawberries are in the same plant family as roses

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

Y766P TIL the typical loss on reselling a diamond is between 25% and 50% of its original purchase price, and even less as a percentage of appraisal value.
e0gO5 TIL No living things in the natural world are known to have evolved wheels to move around. Some move around by rolling, but there are some biological barriers to developing wheels.
PYxRO TIL That Intel created a working version of the "Pipe Dream" Machine from Animusic
DQDJr TIL that Malaysia has a "deputy king," who fills in when the actual king is not available
m14lM TIL that in Iceland, "playing chess with the Pope" is a phrase that means to defecate.