› added 11 years ago

151

TIL New York’s public schools are now more segregated than Mississippi’s.

Read more civilrightsproject.ucla.edu

via reddit.com

BrV1r TIL that Wood Frogs don't hibernate in the winter like other animals, rather they cryogenically freeze their bodies, stopping all their organs INCLUDING their heart, and stay this way for months before thawing themselves out when the weather gets warmer in the spring.
D4Bp TIL of Cannibal Holocaust a film that depicted genuine on-screen animal killings and violence so convincing, the director was arrested and forced to prove the 4 actors werent actually killed on screen.
OP44 TIL in 2005, during a Muslim Pilgrimage in Baghdad, one man pointed to another and accused him of carrying explosives. 953 People died in the resulting stampede.
yVyMv TIL In some places in history counterfeitting coins was punishable with being boiled alive in oil
oBaBR TIL that adult luna moths do eat as they do not have a mouth or a digestive system. Their short, week long life as adults is spent entirely looking for a mate, running only off the fat reserves from the larval stage.