› added 10 years ago

127

TIL domestic cats are considered apex predators

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

9Z0X TIL George Washington vowed never to set foot on English soil — so when London’s National Gallery erected a statue of the president in 1921, the state of Virginia sent a ton of earth for him to stand on.
rQ40 TIL that in 1312, a few Cockchafer Beetles, which were a major pest for crop farmers, were brought into a courtroom in Avignon and ordered to withdraw to designated territory. When the beetles (obviously) didn’t comply, they were collected and killed.
XEXDD TIL that a rogue artist drew a penis on a rock in the animated children’s series “Maya the Bee"
VM96D TIL that Civil War soldiers patrolling the Rappahannock River once engaged in a Christmas truce. On that day in 1862, greetings were shouted back and forth, and supplies were exchanged via toy boats: Northern coffee, sugar and pork for Southern corn, tobacco, and persimmons.
x6ab7 TIL that most OTC medicine bottles have a built in easy off cap. It is a "smaller" cap underneath that you pry off.