› added 7 months ago

39

TIL During the reign of Charles II (AD 1660–1685), Pope-burning processions would walk the streets with burning effigies stuffed with live cats, whereby their cries were used to create a dramatic effect

Read more student-journals.ucl.ac.uk

via reddit.com

ADPZn TIL Elephants are known to take a great interest in the bones of their deceased and to mourn for dead relatives and Magpies have been observed burying their dead under twigs of grass
7r0Zb TIL Chickens can be successfully hybridized with a number of other birds including "peafowl, chachalacas, capercaillie, grouse, quail, curassows, pheasants and guans."
KYG84 TIL that Tornadoes in the Southern Hemisphere rotate clockwise, while tornadoes in the Northern Hemisphere rotate counterclockwise.
NX7E1 TIL that after the 2019 Alabama tornado, the Poarch Band of Creek Indians donated $184k to fund the funerals for all 23 fatalities as a result of the storm
MYMV TIL Beer steins historically have lids to keep bubonic plague-causing flies out of the consumer’s beer