› added 3 years ago

169

TIL that people snort cocoa powder for a high

Read more beatlyzer.com

via beatlyzer.com

VMpJk TIL that the pretext for the French invasion and subsequent 132 year occupation/colonization of Algeria, was their diplomat getting hit with a flyswatter.
ne8xr TIL of the Winsor Hum, a mysterious, low-pitched noise that has plagued residents of Windsor, ON since 2011. No one fully knows its origin.
Oore4 TIL in 1991 it was discovered that the heart has its "little brain" or "intrinsic cardiac nervous system." This "heart brain" is composed of approximately 40,000 neurons that are alike neurons in the brain, meaning that the heart has its own nervous system.
EZVP TIL that during the filming of Star Wars Episode IV, studio executives were apparently unhappy that Chewbacca’s character had no clothes and wanted to have the costume redesigned to have shorts.
e0Yyn TIL that, aside from some obvious exemptions, like exposure of genitals for a sexual purpose to anyone who's underage, public nudity is not illegal anywhere in Canada. Being topless in public, nude sunbathing, swimming and even streaking have been upheld as legal through multiple court challenges.