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TIL Austrian ethologist Konrad Lorenz experimented imprinting on geeses and demonstrated that they imprinted on the first moving stimulus they saw, such as Lorenz's boots or a model train

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x68Xw TIL that a high school student exposed the King of Belgium's illegitimate daughter. Mario Daneels, 18 years old, wrote a biography of Queen Paola, wife of Albert II, in 1999 which revealed the secret. The embarrassing book appeared as Albert's heir Philippe (the current king) was about to marry.
x6mZk TIL explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes once amputated his own frostbitten fingers in his garden shed.
oBmPE TIL Despite all the "Florida Man..." headlines, Florida doesn't necessarily have more weird people doing weird things than other states. They just have strong Sunshine Laws that make it super easy for journalists to mine records like police reports in order to write those stories.
N7lZb TIL that the skeleton of Josef Mengele has been used as a teaching tool in Brazil
9YbgG TIL On May 5, 1809, Mary Kies' patent for a new technique of weaving straw with silk and thread to make hats was signed by President James Madison. She was the first woman to receive a U.S. Patent