› added 9 years ago

991

TIL scientists announced they are “50% there” to creating a “chickenosaurus” after they successfully modified the beak of a chicken embryo to resemble the snout of its dinosaur ancestors in 2015

Read more livescience.com

via reddit.com

wk9o TIL Jon Stewart proposed to his wife through a personalized crossword puzzle created with the help of the crossword editor at The New York Times.
b67Xa TIL brussels sprouts used to have a bitter taste until breeders in the 90s started to cross-pollinate different varieties in order to remove the chemicals that caused the bitterness. The result of their work has lead to brussels sprouts's recent culinary popularity.
ADxAn TIL that 11 U.S. states have Privacy in their constitution. Alaska, Arizona, California, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Louisiana, Montana, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Washington, unlike the U.S. constitution.
pYyyG TIL that the Stanley Cup is the oldest existing trophy to be awarded professionally in North America, commissioned in 1892 by its namesake the Lord Frederick Arthur Stanley of Preston, 16th Earl of Derby
B6Vb TIL that toilet paper companies have made the paper roughly 20% smaller than they used to be, and have made the cardboard tube larger, all while increasing the price.