› added 1 day ago

TIL nearly one in three humans have the parasite toxoplasma gondii. Passed from cats, and only capable of reproducing in cats, it potentially has a higher rate of schizophrenia and suicidal ideation.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

Bj4e TIL that in 2015 someone did a shit so bad on a British Airway flight from Heathrow to Dubai that it had to turn around and land after just 30 minutes.
4XaNo TIL A guy had his foot/leg amputated after a motorcycle accident. He cooked the body part and served it to friends as fajita tacos.
ZpYGa TIL that Samsung has so many subsidiaries that it also makes guns, tanks, ships, medical equipment, insurance, clothes, cars, and the tallest building in the world.
x6blD TIL Maggie Grace played 22 year old Shannon Rutherford on Lost starting in 2004, but played 17 year old Kim Mills in Taken in 2008
d865K TIL that even a gentle human voice is enough to make apex predators such as mountain lions flee in terror