› added 2 years ago

121

TIL they used to give out cigars for carnival prizes, hence the term "close, but no cigar" when you would lose.

Read more beatlyzer.com

via beatlyzer.com

b9k5Z TIL that contrary to the previously held belief that cockroaches only developed a resistance to one class of pesticide after exposure, coakroaches can actually develop a “cross resistance” to multiple types of pesticide simultaneously
pyre TIL when a bee mates with a queen, its ejaculation is so powerful that it is audible by the human ear
1a5kO TIL there was a Black samurai named Yasuke who fought alongside Oda Nobunaga, the first unifier of Japan
5V7LP TIL there have been 6 different designs on the US Dime since it’s inception back in 1792
xVmo5 TIL in 1958 Cuba became the second country in the world to have color TV broadcasts. However, the Cuban Revolution made them end in 1959 after broadcasting stations were seized, and Cuban television then remained solely black and white until 1975.