› added 6 years ago

222

TIL Benjamin Franklin wanted to make the odour of farts smell good so that farting in public will become socially acceptable. Ben wanted flatulence to be "as agreeable as perfumes"

Read more vox.com

via reddit.com

4kk15 TIL there is a Peppa Pig episode that is banned in Australia for saying 'spiders can't hurt you'
v15vK TIL Sarcasm is illegal in North-Korea, especially if the intent is to criticize the government.
ADDD7 TIL that the Temple of Artemis was burned by a man named Herostratus who sought to live in infamy. Despite his name becoming illegal to say, to deny him that infamy, it eventually become a metonym “Herostratic fame” meaning someone who commits an act to gain notoriety and infamy.
GAlBE TIL bees are color-blind to red light, so red and black are no different in the eyes of bees, and that they can only recognize four colors of yellow, cyan, blue, and purple.
69m1l TIL that pig butchering scammers (those random texts you get where they try to form a relationship until they take all your money) are actually slaves forced against their will to try and scam you.