› added 1 year ago

473

TIL that in Colorado, you need a permit to modify the weather

Read more cwcb.colorado.gov

via reddit.com

4XB0g TIL of Yasuke, an African who was the first foreign born samurai in Japan. He arrived in the country in 1579 with some Jesuit missionaries. He arose to become a confidant to Oda Nobunga. When he first came, hundreds of Japanese people turned out to see him; they’d never seen a black person before.
WkVVY TIL in WW2 after getting dumped in the south pacific, a few comics of the phantom(among other brands of objects) started being drawn by the natives in tribal shields
epjx4 TIL: Gerhard Schrader created Preparation 9/91, an insecticide, for his employers. However, it was too effective and killed users leading to his employers to say he failed. The, however, impressed the Third Reich and he was hired for $20,000 to develop it into Sarin gas as modern poisons took hours.
D1rvP TIL that children from dog-owning households have been shown to display fewer conduct problems, peer problems and fewer total difficulties, while also showing more prosocial behavior compared to children without a dog in the home.
RW49 TIL the oldest building in the world is located in France and dates to 4800 BC.