› added 13 years ago

876

TIL there is at Japanese town that looks exactly like Sweden and that celebrates Swedish traditions.

Read more japanpropertycentral.com

via reddit.com

GYaej TIL: Queen's university's Medical School banned black medical students in 1918 and did not consider black applicants until 1965. The ban, however, was not officially removed until 2018.
b6YQp TIL that Daryl Hall made his first solo album with Robert Fripp of King Crimson and RCA hated it so much they shelved it for 3 years.
BADr TIL of retronyms, words created to differentiate between two words, where previously no clarification was required, like acoustic guitar.
yQw7V TIL (PAINFULLY) that a common black and yellow wasp can sting straight through multiple layers of decent quality toilet tissue. Don't make the mistake of pitying them once they are caught like I did...
696dl TIL A fully grown panda is far too formidable a foe for most predators, but some animals can prey on cubs. Potential predators include jackals, snow leopards and yellow-throated martens, all of which are capable of killing and eating panda cubs.