› added 7 years ago

406

TIL that, primarily, Chameleons change their color to warm up (dark colors absorb more light) and be sexy (to other chameleons), not to camouflage themselves (as many people believe).

Read more thedodo.com

via reddit.com

W7G7Y TIL humans do not have 100,000 kilometers of blood vessels, it's more like 9,000-19,000 kilometers
0dm0v TIL Pakistan has the highest rate of diabetes in the world, with almost one-third of the adult population affected
awkoJ TIL of the Kyshtym disaster, the 3rd worst radioactive disaster in history, which was kept secret by the Soviet Union for 18 years and spewed radioactive fallout over 52,000km2
x6O7o TIL of Sarah Baartman, the "Hottentot Venus", an African woman from the Khoikhoi tribe who was brought to Regency-era London to showcase her large buttocks. She was depicted in cartoons comparing behinds with Whig politician William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville, who was nicknamed "broad bottom".
9YybX TIL that magenta is a color that doesn’t actually exist in nature.