› added 4 years ago

60

TIL there is a warm-blooded plant called the Voodoo Lilly that smells like rotting meat.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

BRmk TIL Ted Nugent, at 30 years old in 1978, began a relationship with a 17 year old girl. Due to the age difference, they could not marry so Nugent joined her parents in signing documents to make himself her legal guardian.
EnxP TIL there was a real Canadian political party called the “Lemon Party.”
GAZkg TIL Nearly half of South Korean residential rentals use the “jeonse" system where renter gives an interest-free loan to the landlord based on the house's price in lieu of rent
XQrR TIL Julia Stewart, who worked as a waitress at an IHOP at 16 years old, worked her way up through various jobs to become a President at Applebees. After being passed over for CEO, she returned to IHOP, became CEO, and later acquired Applebees.
8Gga TIL that in 1927 several million people in the United States sent over 100,000 petitions urging Congress to adopt the metric system.