› added 10 years ago

115

TIL 99.9% of Calico Cats are female. If there is a male, it is usually sterile because it is a gene mutation.

Read more poochandclaws.com

via reddit.com

MR0B TIL the US ZIP Code 12345 belongs to the main corporate campus of General Electric. GE receives thousands of Santa letters each year from kids believing it would make most sense for Santa’s workshop to have 12345 as his ZIP code.
grnOL TIL 5% of Americans have Gilbert's syndrome, which affects the liver's ability to process bilirubin. People with GS are less likely to develop heart disease due to the antioxidant nature of bilirubin.
Mebw7 TIL The WWI Vickers Machine Gun, Used by the British from 1913-1968, was so reliable that in one test, they fired it continuously for 7 days and 7 nights
4ewJ TIL that after blogger Jeff Pataky wrote about the incompetence of the Phoenix police department, the Phoenix PD raided his home, seized his laptop, backups and cable modem, handcuffed and detained his female roommate for over three hours, and took his sons out of elementary school.
db89 TIL a day on Venus is longer than a year on Venus