› added 2 years ago

57

TIL Of the vegetable lamb of tartary. How northern Europeans explained cotton in the middle ages.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

ZpRXG TIL that actor Jeff Daniels had a newly-discovered worm named after him in honor of his role in the 1990 horror comedy, Arachnophobia. The worm, Tarantobelus jeffdanielsi, is one of only two known worms known to infect tarantulas.
77jb TIL that Agatha Christie, G. K. Chesterton, and other British mystery writers formed the Detection Club. Members swore an oath to not use “Divine Revelation, Feminine Intuition, Mumbo Jumbo, Jiggery-Pokery, Coincidence, or Act of God” in stories. Founded in 1930, the club still exists.
KYexB TIL the song "She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain" was originally an African American spiritual about the Second Coming of Christ
R7vPw TIL that the bagpipes are a double reed instrument, using reeds similar to the oboe and bassoon.
a8lgM TIL that the ancient Romans didn’t number the days of the month but counted backwards from three fixed points: the Kalends, the Nones, and the Ides, which in March fell on the 15th.