› added 1 year ago

161

TIL that ~10% of the population has an extra vertebra in their spinal column. It's adjacent to the tailbone and can be a cause of lower back pain and decrease in flexibility. Most people with it experience no symptoms, however.

Read more spinalcord.com

via reddit.com

MeDjW TIL 'Organic' food in the EU does not mean 'no pesticides.' It means up to 28 pesticides allowed.
6Ed6X TIL the journey of Lennie Gwyther the 9 year old who rode 1000km to see the opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge on his pony, met the Prime Minister and received a bat from Don Bradman
7ro8P TIL famed 'The Great Gatsby' Author F. Scott Fitzgerald dropped out of Princeton to join the Army, where he was trained by Dwight D. Eisenhower almost 30 years before he led the allied powers to victory in WWII. Fitzgerald reportedly 'intensely disliked' Eisenhower.
N7P4b TIL in 1941, a Great Dane named Juliana saved her master's home from burning down during the Blitz by urinating on a German incendiary bomb which had fallen through the roof. For this she was awarded the Blue Cross, similar to the Dickin Medal.
YpPBP TIL that the 2009 movie "Where the Wild Things Are" barely turned any profit despite having mostly positive reviews, making $100.1 million from a budget of $100 million