› added 2 months ago

16

TIL that the official measurement of a pixel is 1/96 of an inch (0.26mm)

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

8e7kV TIL the kitti’s hog-nosed bat, AKA the bumblebee bat, is arguably the smallest mammal, measuring in at 1.1 to 1.3 inches in length and 2g in weight. They are also little home bodies, leaving their roosts for less than an hour a day for food.
8amKL TIL In 1953, the newspaper Liberation published a death-bed confession by a Parisian roofer that he had murdered Zola by blocking the chimney of his house
AdpB TIL: An Italian artist wanted to hitch-hike to the Middle East to show that she could put her trust in the kindness of local people. She was found murdered in Turkey.
rNmrd TIL that the late Sir Christopher Lee released a Metal Christmas song Called Jingle Hell
0wGE5 TIL that despite being the largest animal on Earth, the Blue Whale cannot swallow anything larger than a beach ball.