› added 2 years ago

269

TIL There are no seagulls in Hawaii

Read more escape.com.au

via reddit.com

nePYB TIL the term "out of the blue" originates from lightning strikes out of the clear blue sky.
VMAep TIL: 1856 a schoolmaster warned students not to harm his tame sparrow. One of the boys stepped on the bird and killed it. After lessons, the master took the boy into a private room and strangled him to death. The boy's father later went to the school and shot the schoolmaster dead.
groQW TIL Jimmy Carter has won 3 Grammys
x6X0D TIL that in 1943 Herman the Cat was officially hired by the United States Coast Guard as an “Expert Mouser” to essentially control or eradicate the rodent population aboard ships.
9YDLX TIL: That orange-fleshed sweetpotato is good for healthy babies