› added 3 years ago

147

TIL that cats are more vocal with humans than with other cats.

Read more rover.com

via reddit.com

NXeJ1 TIL that the longest baseball game in history was a AAA game played on April 18, 1981 between the Pawtucket Red Sox and the Rochester Red Wings. It lasted over 8 hours and was suspended by the league president. They finished the game 2 months later, and in the 33rd inning Pawtucket won 3-2.
KY9rQ TIL that a year after he accidentally solved two famously unsolved statistical problems by mistaking them for homework, George Dantzig's same two proofs were accepted as his thesis; his 'unsolved problem' story loosely served as the setup for the plot of Good Will Hunting.
KYaY9 TIL that during WW2, the Japanese Army and Navy had an extremely intense rivalry, so much so that they actively sabotaged each other during key campaigns. The rivalry ran so deep, even equipment production was strictly segregated between "army" and "navy", and parts were made incompatible.
mxQkx TIL in Canada you can borrow a radon detector kit from a library (for free).
aw9WM TIL A theme park in France employ ravens to clear the park off cigarette butts in return for a reward (bird food).