› added 6 years ago

806

Tajikistan's Lake Sarez is stunning. But some experts say it's a ticking time bomb.

Read more ozy.com

rRxgM TIL of leblouh, the practice of force-feeding young girls, in African countries where obesity is regarded as desirable. Older women called "fatteners" force the girls to consume enormous quantities of food and liquid, inflicting pain on them if they do not eat and drink.
oL6Y TIL that Photoshop will reject an image of money due to anti-counterfeit measures
b6BQ9 TIL before Fred Rogers passed away on the morning of February 27, 2003. His wife was present to comfort him as he was dying. His last words was "Do you think I'm a sheep?" (referring to Matthew 25). After passing away, Joanne reassured him by saying "Fred, if ever there was a sheep, you're one."
e0Jeg TIL the theory of dinosaurs' mass extinction by a meteorite was proposed somewhat recently, In 1980
gMkoW TIL there is a small Antarctic island called Shagnasty Island, named after the blue-eyed shags the researchers found there.