› added 4 years ago

417

TIL that Hatshepsut dressed as a king, even wearing a false beard as a way of asserting her authority.

Read more amysmartgirls.com

via reddit.com

b979j TIL of Kiyoshi Kimura - A sushi restaurant chain CEO who helped reduce Somali pirates activity by giving them training in fisheries, initially sourcing them fishing vessels and networking them to the fishery distribution network. Ultimately helping them to become fishermen
wOE8 TIL that avocados are berries, poisonous to most animals, and probably left over from a time when megafauna, large enough to swallow and digest them whole, roamed North America
J1gbB TIL That nitroglycerin, an explosive compound, can be used to treat anal fissures.
E1pbX TIL a group of butterflies is called a kaleidoscope
QNvn9 TIL that whales are distant relatives of the hippopotamus