› added 2 years ago

147

TIL Saint Elmo's Fire can cause the tips of bull horns to glow and hiss, or crackle.

Read more albertis-window.com

via reddit.com

rdRx TIL there is a “Fruit Salad Tree” which can grow up to 6 different types of fruit.
P1nZG TIL that scientists and aerodynamicists don't really know why an aeroplane flies
gMNWL TIL that when Spanish King Ferdinand II (funder of Columbus) went to war with the French over Naples, despite previously signing an agreement to partition the region, he said: "The King of France complains that I have twice deceived him. He lies, the fool; I have deceived him ten times and more."
NX8dQ TIL a scene from a Season 1 episode of Pokemon, in which Pikachu stops and explodes a wave of missiles (in cyberspace), had animation effects that triggered seizures for 685 children, 150 of which were hospitalised.
E9YX TIL the founder of “Pretty Good Privacy” encryption got around USA’s munition export laws by printing the entire code as a book and claiming 1st amendment rights