› added 11 years ago

86

TIL that weeds don’t have any classification and that any plant could be considered a weed.

Read more m.wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

6EpXW TIL There are 15 recognized champagne bottle sizes ranging from 185mL (about 1/4 a standard bottle) to 30 Litres (40 standard bottles). They all have unique names.
7OE7 TIL: Graffiti is Plural. Graffito is the singular form
d8l6Z TIL: Potato bugs are legitimately called "Jerusalem Crickets" but despite their common names, these insects are neither true crickets nor true bugs, nor are they native to Jerusalem.
mxvmE TIL: President Ulysses S. Grant was born Hiram Ulysses Grant but changed his name at West Point to avoid having his military uniforms marked with initials "H.U.G."
rRQkW TIL The history of White Gold dates back to 1710, when it was composed by alchemists Johan Frierich Bottger and Ehrenfried Walther Von Tcshirnhaus in Germany