› added 5 years ago

295

TIL that Wasabi and Ginger are more then a spice to eat with your sushi, but they are also a natural antibiotic. This is important in combination with raw fish because it protects your body against foodborne illnesses such as E. coli.

Read more ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

via reddit.com

JYepB TIL 193km of the Suez Canal was dug partly by hand starting in 1859. Over the span of 10 years, around 1 million took part in the digging and it cost the lives of over 100 thousand Egyptian forced laborers.
xXeb TIL spelling 58008/BOOBS on a calculator has a corollary in Portuguese - 50135 spells SEIOS, which means breasts.
dD7KB TIL; The Beatles never learned how to read music.
vPE6K TIL: Pure water (distilled or deionized) is a poor conductor of electricity. It is the dissolved ions and contaminants that conduct electricity.
DQEJY TIL about The International Wizard of Oz Club. A fangroup for the Wizard of Oz books, and L. Frank Buam in general, that was founded in 1957 by Justin Schiller (13 at the time) who is still an active member. They host physical meetups twice a year and publish a physical magazine 3 times a year.