› added 1 year ago

69

TIL that 20 of the 50 oldest living people are Japanese

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

69XQW TIL: Some solid chemicals can absorb so much air moisture that they dissolve in it. This is called deliquescence.
GAWJJ TIL it is illegal to run out of fuel on Germany's Autobahn
R5DNl TIL that between the years 1400 - 1700, nearly 100,000 people were persecuted for witchcraft in Europe and North America. It is estimated that roughly 60,000 of these people were executed.
AD4g7 TIL When Sweden switched one day from driving on the left to driving on the right, it was feared that it'd result a huge increase in road death that year. In fact, the rate decreased, which was put down to Swedes driving extra cautiously
eNWE TIL Ant Man made his Marvel debut before Spider-Man, Hulk, Thor and Iron-Man.