› added 8 years ago

187

TIL that Scientists in 1916 felt America was degenerating into a second rate nationality. They listed the Top 20 threats to USA: #8 America leads all nations in murders #12 Hearty eating without exercise #18 Remarkable cancer mortality increase

Read more chroniclingamerica.loc.gov

via reddit.com

LQb5v TIL that Michigan and Ohio went to war in the 1830s over… Toledo.
mxZAR TIL 13 minutes were cut out of the movie The Land Before Time because it was considered too “frightening” for kids. The uncut version has never been released.
6Ea5J TIL there is no agreed upon term for a 250 year anniversary. When the United States celebrates its 250th anniversary in 2026, it can be called the Semiquincentennial, Sestercentennial, Bicenquinquagenary, or Quarter Millennial.
QJ79p TIL between 1929 and 1932 Ford went from selling 1,507,132 cars in a year to selling just 210,824 of them.
OoRy1 TIL that the Pirahã language, spoken by the Pirahã people of Brazil's Amazonas region, can be whistled, hummed, or encoded in music. Consonants and vowels can be omitted altogether, and the meaning conveyed solely through variations in pitch, stress, and rhythm