› added 1 year ago

50

TIL that historically ketchup was made of mushrooms

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

wLxWo TIL Alec Guinness warned James Dean about his car one week before the deadly crash
5yAQ TIL those making less than $10,000 a year spend $597 on the lottery meanwhile the average US household spends $162. States not only know this; they actually target the poor with lottery ads.
LGMp TIL that Marie Curie’s notes are still radioactive and researchers must wear protective clothing and sign a disclaimer before viewing them
8arbV TIL The Canary Islands are named after dogs, not birds.
NaNP TIL that Buffalo Commons is a conceptual proposal to create a vast nature preserve by returning 139,000 square miles of the Great Plains to native prairie, and by reintroducing the American bison.