› added 3 years ago

102

TIL that in Germany flying insects have declined by 76% in 26 years.

Read more beatlyzer.com

via beatlyzer.com

BgvEk TIL: The first Territorial Governor of New Mexico, Charles Bent, was scalped alive and assassinated in his home by Pueblo warriors during the Taos Revolt in 1847
E1G6X TIL legendary sci-fi author Harlan Ellison, as part of a dispute about fulfillment of a contract, once mailed 213 bricks to a publisher and made them pay for it. He also mailed them a dead gopher in fourth-class mail.
1avpr TIL despite multiple uses of the word "fuck", the MPAA voted to override their guidelines and give The Martian a PG-13 rating
jZxR TIL that until 2006 U2 paid no tax in Ireland due to an exemption for artists. When the exemption was capped at $315,000, the band moved its accounts to the Netherlands, rather than face a multi-million tax bill for album sales and royalties.
d8dQr TIL that porcupines sometimes fall out of trees and injure themselves on their own quills. As a result, they have evolved to produce a topical antibiotic on their quills to protect against infection from self-wounds.