› added 7 years ago

704

TIL there is an "upside down" waterfall in Hawaii. For part of the year it flows straight up into the sky.

Read more onlyinhawaii.org

via reddit.com

8Y4P TIL Everest is not the furthest point from the Earth’s center. It’s a volcano in Ecuador called Chimborazo due the Earth being wider at the equator.
49M5 TIL that Lisa Robertson, a Qantas flight attendant, lost her job after having sex with Ralph Fiennes (Voldemort, M) in a business class lavatory
pOyG TIL that more Portuguese live in Luxembourg than Germans, Belgians and French combined
4XNER TIL that’s scientists created glow in the dark cats using jelly fish genes in order to research a cure for feline aids. The trait is even genetic and can be passed to subsequent generations.
m0gR TIL that Fly Agaric mushrooms, which look like Super Mario Bros. mushrooms, contain a psychoactive chemical that can cause micropsia/macropsia, aka the illusion that objects around you are larger or smaller than they actually are.