› added 8 years ago

70

TIL: The Rabies symptoms, hydrophobia, extra saliva, and difficulty swallowing are results of the virus settling in the salivary glands for the purpose of easier transmission through biting. The infected animal’s ability to transmit the virus would be reduced if it could swallow saliva and water.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

EovW TIL at one point in GoldenEye’s development, reloading your weapon was going to be triggered by removing and reinserting the N64 Rumble Pack as if you were removing a magazine on a gun.
kOar1 TIL , work causes mental health issues in 60% of workers, according to a survey of 3,000. 15% of those who admit to having mental health issues at work would face serious repercussions if they tell their boss, so they suffer in silence.
WkKBo TIL the sauna is such a deeply igrained part of the Finnish culture, that finns will even build them in war. Custom dictates no titles or hierarchies are allowed in the sauna, including military ranks in saunas built and used by soldiers.
dbbK TIL: Chillean Sea Bass is just a fancy name that was made up in 1977 to get Americans to eat the Patagonian Toothfish.
EvZ7 TIL: In Songdo, South Korea, there are no rubbish trucks, instead the household waste is sucked directly from individual kitchens, through a network of underground pipes to waste processing centres.