› added 10 years ago

85

TIL catnip….it works on humans. Consuming the roots, is used as a calming agent (Higher-doses work as a sleep aide too).

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

9YXM TIL one of the most decorated fighter pilots of WWII was a 14 year old.
N71vb TIL it is a common misconception that all sunflower heads track the Sun across the sky. While young sunflowers do exhibit the behavior, when it reaches maturity the sunflower will stay static usually towards an eastwards direction.
GaME TIL there’s a waterfall where nobody knows where the water goes. Minnesota’s Devil’s Kettle Falls dumps into a giant pothole with no seeable exit. Researchers have poured dye, ping-pong balls, even logs into it, then watched the lake for any sign of them. So far, none have ever been found.
0d44A TIL that the Beastie Boys coined the term "mullet"
oBg7A TIL Eddie Anderson was the first black man to have a horse run in the Kentucky Derby. Because of segregation Anderson stayed with civil rights leader Mae Street Kidd in Louisville. When Anderson's horse won a race he dressed up as a Kentucky colonel at MGM and only answered to 'Colonel Rochester'