› added 2 years ago

240

TIL about types of stone walls in New England - pasture or crop walls

Read more atlasobscura.com

via reddit.com

xVAK1 TIL that between 1995 and 2000, hundreds of girls in the US went through estrogen therapy that often causes serious long-term effects, to prevent them from growing taller because of perceived social harms of being “too tall”
yYd8 TIL there was a Jewish boxer named Salamo Arouch imprisoned at Auschwitz. He was forced to fight fellow prisoners. The losers were sent to the gas chambers or shot. He survived more than 2 years and 200 fights, eventually being released when the camp was liberated.
OoEng TIL that in 1987 students from Caltech changed the Hollywood sign to read CALTECH
LQrrP TIL 50yrs ago the Arecibo Message was sent into space to communicate human existence to potential extraterrestrial life.
dyAd TIL that consumers and shoppers are actually made more anxious by having more choices, and that limiting consumer choice will make consumers happier