› added 6 years ago

1629

TIL of a study that showed Empathic People Get Burned Out Easily, Scientists Recommend Compassion Instead

Read more secondnexus.com

via reddit.com

Z8KMv TIL that the Uncompahgre Ute Native American tribe made special ceremonial rattles filled with quartz that would emit flashes of light when shaken. This was an early example of triboluminescence.
ebxE TIL that when George Washington moved to Philadelphia to serve as president, he rotated his slaves in and out of Pennsylvania in order to circumvent a law that freed slaves being held in the state for longer than 6 continuous months. The rotation itself was illegal, but no one opposed him.
GYkQ7 TIL there is an Amish town called Intercourse in PA, USA
7GrO TIL that in the 1950s a Texas white man went through extensive physical changes to become a black man and travel for six weeks on greyhound buses. After publishing his experiences, he was forced to move to Mexico for several years.
v1Alr TIL female wallabies are permanently pregnant throughout their adulthood. They have two uteruses and can conceive a new baby before birthing another.