› added 12 years ago

260

TIL that the 1984 Challenger flight brought a beehive into space. Because bees do not defecate inside their hive, all 3,300 bees held it in for 7 days.

Read more discovermagazine.com

via reddit.com

0wlNN TIL that it is illegal to sell, manufacture or import chewing gum in Singapore. The law came about in 1992 as a result of vandalism and littering in both high rise public housing apartments and in public transportation systems. In 2004, exceptions were made for nicotine and dental gum.
ywXJ TIL the Soviet Union created a fake mental disorder (Sluggish Schizophrenia) to arrest anyone who criticized the leadership until the 1970s
6EwNl TIL 6% of the land in the US lower 48 states is worth more than all the rest of the 94% of the area
4X0b6 TIL In the German city of Wolfsburg, created for Volkswagen workers, there is a football club owned by Volkswagen, which plays at the Volkswagen stadium and which was coached by a manager called Wolfgang Wolf
xbP0 TIL North Korea has enormous deposits of rare earth metals