› added 11 years ago

118

TIL that Mexico used to defend its borders against illegal immigration from the United States.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

ANbna Til Lunar dust is potent to humans.
4XnWa TIL in 1955, someone dropped a 600-year-old plaster Buddha Statue only to discover the plaster was covering a solid gold statue beneath
KYWxa TIL that the inventor of lobotomy was awarded a Nobel Prize in medicine. Egas Moniz was also a duelist, medical school dean, member of parliament, ambassador and foreign minister. Once he was shot by a patient but survived. Moniz also authored many books, even one on the history of playing cards.
VMEn8 TIL In 1859, a man imported 24 rabbits to Australia. In under 70 years, the populaton grew to 10 billion.
wL8LY TIL that of all the humans tested so far, everyone has contained the same DNA from 1 of at least 2 ancestors. Mitochondrial DNA being traced back matrilineally to a specific "mT-Eve," and a Y-chromosome being traced back patrilineally to a specific "Y-chromosomal Adam."