› added 1 year ago

58

TIL that the name for a group of hamsters is a "horde".

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

VBRWQ TIL the distance between Earth and the Moon is so great, you could fit all other planets in the solar system between them
8ev0b TIL Godfrey the Hunchback, (1076) was assassinated by a spy below his personal latrine with a spear… in the posterior
Z99a TIL that the author of Hatchet, Gary Paulsen, has seen shark attacks, saw his mother beat a potential molester to death in front of him, learned to shoot as a child on a naval boat, has competed in the Iditarod and a bunch of other insane stuff…
J1Bxm TIL Roy Orbison's song "I Drove All Night" was first released on the Super Mario World-themed "White Knuckle Scorin'," a compilation licensed by Nintendo and released by MCA Records in 1991. Orbison recorded the song in 1987, it became a posthumous hit in 1992.
7bDx TIL that corn (maize) is a human invention and does not exist in the wild.