› added 2 years ago

79

TIL that the man who wrote “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” never saw a baseball game until 32 years after he wrote the song.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

Z8oWG TIL The Great Wall of China is not actually just one long wall, it's a bunch of walls built by different dynasties scattered all over the country.
8paL TIL there are parasite butterflies whose larvae mimic ant larvae so the worker ants will feed them, and mimic queen ants to get extra attention. Researchers once saw larvae attacked by the queen ants, upon which ant workers saved the butterflies and attacked their queens.
eaO5 TIL There is an abandoned 120 year old concert hall buried underground in the middle of downtown Boston
yVjrV TIL that the creator of Wonder Woman, William Marston, was a psychologist who was famous for inventing the lie detector. He was also a BDSM enthusiast and a firm believer in the superiority of women, stating that Wonder Woman was an allegory for the type of woman he believed should run the world.
epDEE TIL: Strawberries Can Also Be White Or Yellow