› added 8 months ago

42

TIL Japanese government once banned imported skis because "The snow is different in Japan"

Read more millermagazine.com

via reddit.com

8e9wG TIL Coriander and Cilantro are the same thing
1ageO TIL that many historians believe the character of Robin Hood was based on the life of William Wallace. Studies have suggested that Wallace was a bowman, was known to be a poacher, and had a girlfriend called Mirren (which is Scots for Marion)
LWGv TIL part of Holland can be flooded to keep an invading army out, transforming Holland into an island
NbaE TIL that Mayim Bialik (Amy Fowler from The Big Bang Theory) has a PhD in Neuroscience but is also Anti-Vaccine
9YeyG TIL In Texas, according to Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, it is legal to kill Bigfoot if you find it. It would be considered a non-protected nongame animal.