› added 4 years ago

63

TIL that birds are, taxonomically speaking, the last extant dinosaurs and, as such, are technically a type of fish.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

E6eo TIL: Nancy Grace embellished the story of her college fiance’s 1979 murder as a way to better support her image
E1VDP TIL Native Americans domesticated turkeys
0wPwy Today I learned that Oklahoma means "red person". It's a combination of two Choctaw words: "okla" meaning person, and "humma" meaning red.
kYOm TIL that Nero did not “fiddle” during the Great Fire of Rome. Upon hearing news of the fire, Nero rushed back to Rome to organize a relief effort. He opened his palaces to provide shelter for the homeless, arranging for food supplies to be delivered in order to prevent starvation among the survivors
QlJd TIL that liquid oxygen is magnetic, and it can be moved around and even picked up with a powerful magnet.