› added 4 years ago

147

TIL it can take up to 2,700 liters of water to produce the cotton needed to make a single t-shirt.

Read more theconsciouschallenge.org

via reddit.com

LR7p TIL in 1982 Key West seceded from the US as a protest against their actions. Then they declared war and surrendered after 1 minute, but in 1995 they attacked the US by firing water cannons from fireboats and hitting people with stale Cuban bread. They are today known as the “Conch Republic.”
eprD TIL that there isn’t an accepted name for that noise-making party favor that rolls out when blown into.
R7p74 TIL Nowadays, it’s rare to be served really hot mustard in restaurants, and mustard in jars and packets is rarely very spicy. The sinus-burning condiment once served at Chinese restaurants was just brown mustard seeds ground to a powder and mixed with a little water just before serving
nemOY TIL before his death, author Robert Louis Stevenson gifted his friends daughter his own birthday. The daughter had been born on Christmas, and complained she felt like she had no real birthday
xVR1o TIL that if you enter a body of water to escape a swarm of angry wasps they will wait for you to re-emerge so they can continue stinging you