› added 4 years ago

200

TIL that in 2019 LEGO polled more than 3000 kids aged 8-12 year olds about future dream professions - while a majority of kids in China (56%) wanted to be astronauts when they grow up, in the US and UK, becoming a Youtuber was the most chosen profession, 3X more popular than astronauts

Read more businessinsider.com

via reddit.com

m1JwY TIL some 8th century Anglo-Saxon coins contained the words "Muhammed is the Messenger of Allah" written in Arabic, alongside the name of the king in English. This was apparently a result of imitating the aesthetics of Caliphate coins, without understanding the meaning.
y6Pw TIL that on August 25, 1970, a group of Icelandic farmers blew up a dam project on the Laxá River that would have swept away their farms. Around 100 farmers turned themselves in but not one would snitch on who lit the fuse. They all walked free.
grAXW TIL place names in the ancient Korean kingdom of Goguryeo resemble Japanese. This has led scholars to hypothesize a Japonic language related to Japanese was once spoken in Korea.
7QVO TIL silver is naturally antibacterial due to the metal ions denaturing the organism’s proteins
jNeoR TIL that rubies and sapphires are scientifically the same mineral. Rubies are the red variety and sapphires encompasses any other color, with blue being the most popular and common.