› added 1 month ago

12

TIL that, the broadfish tapeworm is the longest tapeworm in humans, averaging ten meters long and that it can shed up to a million eggs a day.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

OGbxY TIL the oldest currently active missing persons case in the United States is almost a century old: the October 1926 disappearance of Marvin Clark from Portland, Oregon.
kOdXB TIL Fred Phelps was excommunicated from Westboro Baptist Church before his death for having a change of heart about his religious beliefs and acknowledging the "Equality House," a local LGBT support organization, as "good people."
pYy1N TIL Jalapeño peppers are generally less spicy today than they were 20 years ago due to crossbreeding with a specific breed of Jalapeño that Texas A&M scientists created which has a consistently lower spice while also being hardier and quicker to grow.
57y8 TIL there is a small island which sole inhabitants are 50-400 indigenous people who keep attacking and killing visitors
7Q6b TIL that John McCain was born in Panama and not the continental US. How did he run for president? After a bipartisan review and a Senate resolution, it was concluded he was a natural born citizen as at the time Panama was controlled by the US.