› added 3 years ago

192

TIL that Harmabe’s sperm was collected shortly after he died so that his genes could live on.

Read more standard.co.uk

via reddit.com

DQO5p TIL of the 1986 Illinois gubernatorial election, where Lyndon LaRouche's cultists hijacked the Democratic lieutenant governor primary to nominate one of their own, causing the actual Democrats to split off and form their own 3rd party for the year
pYmNQ TIL that seasons in the Northern Hemisphere don’t start on the first day of the month
OGnRe TIL that giraffes used to be called "camelopards", because medieval Europeans once believed them to be mythical hybrid creatures that were born from the union of a leopard and a camel. As such, giraffes are still called "camelopards" in European heraldry.
ADbkd TIL foxes are more closely related to walruses than to cats
5rDr TIL The revolution that transformed Brazil into a republic was so uneventful that the few witnesses present didn’t even know it happened and the dethroned Emperor didn’t even care.