› added 1 year ago

507

TIL that there are birds called "boobies"

Read more britannica.com

via reddit.com

gMpXD TIL "nitrate free" labeled cured meats often use celery juice, which is naturally high in nitrates
AN0en TIL Kentucky declared neutrality at the start of the U.S. Civil War, on May 16, 1861. It was able to maintain it until September 4, 1861, when the Confederates invaded.
KOBB6 TIL the is a term for an "act of throwing someone or something out of a window" called defenestration. It originated in Prague when on two occasions (1419 and 1618) government officials where thrown out of windows, both times starting a war (the Hussite and Thirty Years War)
QJoXM TIL an Atlas nuclear missile silo in Kansas was converted to luxury condos for survivalists
J1gBQ TIL That in Marshalltown, Iowa, it is illegal for a horse to eat a fire hydrant. Why was this law made?