› added 4 years ago

78

TIL strawberries are technically neither fruit nor berry

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

QJrYk TIL the United States, under Reagan, forced both Japan and Germany to sign the Plaza Accord. The agreement that would depreciate the Dollars at the costs of Yen and Mark appreciating greatly. This decision utterly destroyed Japan’s economy in the 1990s and beyond.
LRx9 TIL that On October 23, 1999, BASE jumper and stuntwoman Jan Davis died while making an illegal protest jump from El Capitan intended to demonstrate the safety of BASE jumping at Yosemite National Park, after a ban on BASE jumping in the area regarding safety.
ekkb TIL that when chimpanzee infants die, the mothers will continue to carry and groom the dead bodies until the mothers are able to move on.
XEOAX TIL there is virtually no scientific evidence that supports the purported health benefits of kombucha. There are also known adverse effects, including severe hepatic and renal toxicity.
8eBLZ TIL about Tommy Prince,a member of the Devil's Brigade, the grandson of a chief who negotiated Treaties 1 and 2 in Manitoba, the most highly decorated indigenous soldier in Canadian history, and an early advocate for the abolition of the Indian Act in favour of respecting treaty rights.