› added 1 year ago

115

TIL that democracy isn't uniquely a human thing, since many other social animals have been known to implement it

Read more bbc.com

via reddit.com

NkPE TIL the UK is the only country not required to name itself on its postage stamps.
D1vor TIL about John “Liver Eatin’” Johnson, a Mexican-American War veteran turned mountain man, who in 1847 started a personal vendetta against the Crow Nation after they killed his Flathead wife, he is said to have killed and scalped more than 300 Crows and then ate their livers as a sign of disrespect
b9QD4 TIL just one serving of processed meat per day increases risk of developing diabetes by 51%
1aRJW TIL the word “spam” used in reference to e-communications (commonly emails) comes from a 1972 Monty Python sketch in which two customers are lowered into a restaurant and everything on the menu contains spam. The connection is that no matter want you want, you can’t get away from the unwanted spam.
Y96r TIL in 1996 the United States Air Force patented a radio device for transmitting audio speech signals (specifically voices) directly into a person’s head.