› added 9 years ago

66

TIL tomatoes are native to Mexico and weren’t introduced to European countries such as Spain and Italy until the 1500s

Read more m.wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

W7mL TIL that a mathematically viable explanation for the complete indistinguishability of electrons is that they are all the same particle moving forward and backward through time
a8PA9 TIL In 1945 when the representative for Canada was signing the Instrument of Surrender document for Imperial Japan, he signed on the wrong line. The next several countries had to sign below where they were supposed to.
6jZ8 TIL, scientists successfully used E coli and Glucose to create a renewable Propane Gas.
8aaR8 TIL about the Dunbar's number. It is a theoretical upper limit of the people one can maintain stable relationships with. Suggested between 100 and 250. So if a town's population is below the Dunbar's number, it is more likely to have harmony and peace that a larger town or city.
JYxKl TIL Stalin demolished a Moscow cathedral to make way for a “Palace of the Soviets”, which would have been the world’s tallest building, but WWII halted construction after only the foundation had been excavated. Eventually, the foundation pit was converted into the world’s largest outdoor pool.