› added 10 years ago

105

TIL that a father wrote 4 self-published novels about James Potter and his generation of wizards. They have been sanctioned by J.K. Rowling and are offered for free online.

Read more jamespotterseries.com

via reddit.com

OGJJa TIL Kiviak is a traditional food from Greenland that is made of little seabird packed and fermented in a seal skin. Up to 500 whole birds, beaks and feathers included, are packed into the seal skin and then hidden in a heap of stones and left to ferment over the course of three months.
9YOa7 TIL that "thalassophobia" is an intense and persistent fear of the sea and can include fear of being in deep bodies of water, fear of the vast emptiness of the sea, and fear of distance from land.
78eyp TIL Snowflake was the only known albino gorilla to date. He lived in a zoo in Spain until he died, in 2003, as a result of cancer likely related to his albinism.
nWWdb TIL that the awarding of As at four-year colleges has been increasing by 5-6% per decade since 1960; an "A" is now the most common grade, accounting for about 42% of all grades, 3x more than in 1960.
JY8nk TIL: On August 4, 1945 the Soviet Union used the Young Pioneer Organization as a front to gift the Great Seal of the United States to a US Ambassador. It was bugged. It remained in his office for seven years before detection.