› added 2 months ago

10

TIL here's the same amount of intersex people (roughly 2% of the population) as people with red hair, attached earlobes, are one of a pair of twins, have a "murderers thumb," or have an extra cervical rib.

Read more worldpopulationreview.com

via reddit.com

n8bb TIL Steve Buscemi was stabbed in the throat, the cheek and above his eye in a barfight in 2001
xVZNB TIL two generations of the car sold in most non-Japanese markets as Suzuki Alto weren't the actual Japanese Suzuki Alto, but instead rebadged versions of Indian Maruti cars.
5VWp9 TIL about the Caterpillar Club whose members all survived a disabled aircraft by bailing out with a parachute, which during WW2 were made from silk spun by caterpillars.
a88Qo TIL that research shows that people who laugh at dark jokes have higher IQs and report less aggressive tendencies .
mxKRo TIL that the Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex was a military base that cost over $2 billion and was voted to be decommissioned less than 24 hours after reaching full operational capability.