› added 6 months ago

19

TIL of Roland the Farter, a performer who farted on command for the King and was awarded much land.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

DQeVJ TIL that the APA declassified homosexuality as a mental illness in 1973
wLr06 TIL of Ken Banks, a Queensland man who set up a "retirement home" for birds who outlive their owners, at one count housing at least 1,600 birds including a cockatoo in its 90s. He prefers not to sell birds but rather swap with breeders or give birds to people after teaching how to care for them.
a888y TIL about Cropmarks. They are archeological ruins only visible from the air. They result from more dry or fertile crops due to the soil disruption when ancient sites were built.
EMbX TIL In 2008 there was a Measles outbreak in San Diego, California. Its start was attributed an to unvaccinated child.
R5dyw TIL the inventor of the fire hydrant is unknown because the patent was lost in a fire too.