› added 1 year ago

95

TIL “most stars we see in the night sky have already died” is a popular myth. In fact, nearly all stars we see in the night sky are alive and well

Read more timesofmalta.com

via reddit.com

1arNP TIL Indigenous Australians are the most ancient continuous civilisation on Earth, a fact backed by the first extensive study of their DNA, which dates their origins to more than 50,000 years ago. Scientists traced their linage to the DNA of modern populations in Australia and Papua New Guinea.
nW8go TIL that beetles can secrete liquid known as Cantharidin, which can burn human skin.
8e84G TIL that Barbed Wire was used as Telephone Line in rural America in the 19th Century
16aLd TIL that after 5 Tamil chiefs defeated the Sri Lankan king Valagamba, one of them became king but was eventually slain by another, who also became king before being slain by another, and so on until only one remained, then Valagamba returned, slew the last one and took back his throne.
kVL5 TIL “3 Ninjas” was the most profitable film of 1992 because of its small budget.