› added 1 year ago

62

TIL that echidnas lay eggs. They’re genetically close to platypus.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

grk97 TIL a 14,000 year old puppy buried in Germany survived canine distemper which kills most dogs in under 3 weeks. Archaeologists concluded that its Stone Age owners nursed it through the horrible illness. Then they buried it with them when it died.
xVaog TIL that after being prohibited from wearing shorts during the hot summer months, bus drivers in Sweden wore skirts to work, citing that since their women coworkers could wear skirts, it would be discriminatory to prohibit them from wearing skirts too.
KOJo4 TIL in 1994 Alan Jackson protested having to play a pre-recorded version of gone country at the ACM awards by having his drummer "play" without using drumsticks.
16wPV TIL that the first woman to fly combat missions was Marie Marvingt, who in 1915 bombed a military base in Germany. In her lifetime, she held four different pilot licenses, unofficially cycled the Tour de France, and was awarded a gold medal "for all sports" by the French Academy of Sports.
wL74o TIL Skips from Regular Show is voiced by Mark Hamill.