› added 9 years ago

83

TIL the liver is the only human internal organ able to regenerate itself; as little as 25% can regenerate back into a whole liver

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

nWKJr TIL It's illegal to own gerbils, ferrets and hamsters as a pet in Hawaii.
MKv0 TIL that oranges are not the fruit that contain the most vitamin C, and that in fact Guavas are the fruit that have the most vitamin C per gram.
v17mD TIL that in 1938 1800 veterans of the Civil War attended an 75th Anniversary reunion at Gettysburg, PA. The youngest was 88 years old, and the oldest claimed to be 112 years old.
vPeG7 TIL the only fertile desert in the world is the Tharparkar desert in Pakistan
XE9N8 TIL Although Switzerland is considered land locked, they have a Navy because multiple rivers provide access to the sea