› added 7 months ago

23

TIL in ancient Roman times a pound of lavender flowers was worth the same amount as 50 haircuts from your local barber.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

5VB9Q TIL that Kevin Clash, the voice of Elmo, also voiced the Baby Sinclair on the show Dinosaurs
4Xleb TIL that around 80% of money in the economy is just a bunch of zeros and ones (i.e digital)
wL15J TIL the famous Kink.com building was built in 1912 as a stronghold/armory for the National Guard. During their ownership, it was also used as a sports venue. When the NG left, it was unused for 30 years but was used for internal spaceship scenes in "The Empire Strikes Back"
aw1pb Today I Learned that electrical wiring is a competitive sport.
e0gxg TIL that the Berber people of North Africa and the Sami people of northern Scandinavia share a close mitochondrial DNA link. Researchers found that the two groups diverged about 9000 years ago, just after the last ice age.