› added 1 month ago

7

TIL traditional Haggis is banned in America for containing sheep lung. In 1971 it became illegal to consume lung. Haggis is no longer brought from UK to US. Haggis can still be made in USA, but not using sheep lungs.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

b9eX9 TIL that about 1 in 50 people have Aphantasia, a condition where a person lacks the ability conjure up mental images and they can’t picture things just by thinking about them.
p8MeN TIL: Popup headlights were actually invented in the '30s. They came back in the 80's when auto manufacture needed a way to skirt minimum headlight height safety laws, and fell back out of fashion again due to modern regulations concerning headlights being on movable body work.
KO7KQ TIL about "JanSporting", the act of putting a backpack on the intoxicated to prevent them from turning on their back while unconscious.
gM6mA TIL A few months ago a team of doctors at San Raffaele Hospital in Milan, successfully treated spina bifida in an unborn baby. This was the first case in Europe.
d8oYQ TIL That if you combined all of the area of the Nordic countries together, nearly 2/3 of it would just be Greenland. If Greenland became it's own country (it's currently a territory of Denmak), it would be the least densely populated country on the planet.