› added 1 year ago

58

TIL There Are Multiple Species Of Moths With "Pug" In Their Name

Read more eakringbirds.com

via reddit.com

ANQRB TIL chocolate maker Lindt has sued companies that make gold-foiled chocolate bunnies for trademark infringement
d8Odr TIL about the 1961 Bobo doll experiment to study aggresion. Researchers physically abused an inflatable Clown doll in front of children, who then mimicked the behaviour, attacking Bobo in a similar fashion.
yQ6ll TIL that the author of "Over the River and Through the Wood" (the Thanksgiving poem) was a leading abolitionist, women's rights activist and Native American rights activist, Lydia Maria Child.
GBZQ TIL that two attorneys general resigned on a single night, in protest after President Nixon asked them to fire an independent special prosecutor looking into the Watergate scandal. It became known as the Saturday Night Massacre
dgrB TIL on September 11th, 1973, the CIA backed a military coup to overthrow the democratically elected government of Chile and install a military junta