› added 1 week ago

2

TIL that every winter, thousands of giant cuttlefish come together off the coast of South Australia for a lively mating event. Males show off changing colors and patterns to attract potential mates.

Read more oceanographicmagazine.com

via reddit.com

Dn1Y TIL that in 2006 Lance Corporal William Windsor of the British 1st Infantry Battalion was demoted for “disobeying a direct order.” He was reinstated 3 months later after animal rights groups complained. William Windsor is a goat.
yaNV TIL the first chemist in history is considered to be a Babylonian woman perfume-maker by the name of Tapputi.
4kOow TIL: A deceased former federal judge remains one of the few judges to have ever questioned the reliability of fingerprinting. In 1991, after learning counties applied different standards to decide if two prints matched, Judge Letts declared he'd never allow fingerprint evidence again.
OoJoR TIL when Facebook changed the report category "Embarassing" to "It's embarassing", it increased the report percentage from 50% to 80%
1a9YW TIL in 2017, a man in Texas purchased a working Sherman tank and parked it outside his house. After sending a “sternly worded letter” and realizing that they couldn’t tow the vehicle, the local HOA began issuing parking tickets on the tank. The owner left it there for two more weeks out of spite.