› added 3 years ago

173

TIL Bodies of the deceased don't biodegrade on Everest and are often too dangerous to remove, so some become landmarks for future expeditions.

Read more bbc.com

via reddit.com

a8pZy TIL Highway hypnosis, also known as white line fever, is an altered mental state in which a person can drive a car, truck, or other automobile great distances, responding to external events in the expected, safe, and correct manner with no recollection of having consciously done so.
dDW7 TIL that only 2 of the contestants from Hell’s Kitchen received their promised prizes and that one, Dave, was treated like a line Cook and left shortly after.
W7k84 TIL of KattenKabinet in Amsterdam, a museum consisting of only cat related stuff
LQQdV TIL that prehistoric humans found fossils and used them to decorate their stone tools. The oldest such fossil is in a knife made by Homo heidelbergensis 400,000 years ago.
Vg40 TIL That women on online dating sites have it approximately 17 times easier than men do