› added 11 years ago

282

TIL that Dubai uses slave labor to build their skyscrapers.

Read more youtube.com

via reddit.com

16xy4 TIL that “elephant-sized” sloths and “car-sized” armadillos once built giant tunnels that still stand today
Ypeed TIL that land mines have led to a positive development in the Falkland Islands by providing sanctuary for penguins who are not heavy enough to detonate them so they can breed safely without human intrusion.
OG6y6 TIL only 17% of the global population lives in “fully developed” countries (HDI > 0.8)
aGP9 TIL of Harry Thaw who killed architect Stanford White and was acquitted based on the defense of “dementia Americana,” a phenomenon that caused American men to become temporarily insane and seek revenge against those who had tainted their wives’ virtue. Thaw had married White’s former mistress.
wLae7 TIL the Africa Union plans to have a single, continent-wide currency. The currency is likely going to be called afro or afriq.