› added 4 years ago

228

Today I learned that there once lived a reptile with a neck three times the size of it's body...

Read more independent.co.uk

via reddit.com

X0pRk TIL Trix removed artificial coloring from it's cereal but reversed course because people complained
V1Vk TIL that a Canadian university is offering a room full of puppies to help stressed-out students.
0wlwL TIL that the worst maritime disaster of the 21st Century was the loss of "MV Le Joola". Some victims were trapped in the hull for 4 hours before the ship finally submerged. Only 64 survived out of a total of 1,927 people on board.
yxov TIL that the 30 year old Sega Master System (released in 1986) is still sold in Brazil and even in 2015, 150,000 units were sold.
Bgp1e TIL in 2010 a temple was consecrated to Angrezi Devi, the "Dalits Goddess of English," in the village of Banka, India. Goddess English was meant to help Dalits overcome class barriers via language. However, local officials shut down the temple in 2013, and Goddess English was forced into "exile."