› added 5 years ago

148

TIL: All Rainbows are full circles

Read more earthsky.org

via reddit.com

jNl9Q TIL that kids used to sleep in the freezing cold in Soviet kindergartens. Surprisingly, that was a common practice in the USSR. We can find numerous photos showing kids sleeping outside – in winter, as well as in summer.
l7axr TIL two high school students had nine combined fingers severed during a tug-of-war match in their school's gym. The rope was wrapped around their hands and when it snapped, it amputated their fingers. Both the boy and girl lost four fingers on their right hand, while she also lost her left thumb.
M7Je0 TIL Vancouver pioneer ’Gassy’ Jack Deighton’s statue was pulled down by activists in historic Gastown in 2022. Gassy Jack married a 12-year-old Indigenous girl named Xaliya at age 40, who ran away at 15 after giving birth to their son. Xaliya lived to 90 and still has descendants
0w16R TIL People Used to Send Children Through the US Mail
jQBM TIL that around 4% of all the cheese made in a year ends up being stolen