Home
Random
Trending
Today
14
posts added
Search
› added
4 years ago
133
TIL that birds have their own regional accents!
Read more
bbc.com
via
reddit.com
4kNZg
TIL roughly 30 people in the United States are killed by elevators and escalators each year
Lk6b9
TIL: The reason capsaicin (the chemical in peppers) makes you feel like you’re burning is because it lowers the tolerance of the pain receptors in your mouth such that your own body heat is enough to trigger them to tells your brain that things are dangerously hot.
7pWP
TIL Antennas cannot uniformly transmit in all directions because of the ‘Hairy Ball Theorem’
oRVoK
TIL that Harriet, a 176-year-old Galapgos tortoise, reportedly belonged to both Charles Darwin and Steve Irwin.
neDXd
TIL about The Independent, the tallest building in Austin, Texas. It has been nicknamed the "Jenga Tower" and the "Tetris Tower" due to the unique design of “overhanging / suspended” sections