› added 4 years ago

197

TIL that there is a contagious dog tumor which spreads through sexual interaction with other dogs and those tumors can be traced back to a dog which lived 11 thousand years ago which means the living cells of this dog survived through other dogs.

Read more nationalgeographic.com

via reddit.com

9YBVG TIL that four times more people speak English as a second language (roughly two billion) than as a native one (approximately 350 million).
ye9J TIL A ‘Republic’ places sovereignty in each individual person, whereas a 'Democracy’ is essentially a dictatorship of the Majority.
D1pMj TIL Union artillery officer Alonzo Cushing was killed after being wounded twice during the Battle of Gettysburg, refusing evacuation from his position atop Cemetery Ridge during Pickett’s Charge. He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor 151 years later, the longest wait for any recipient.
gAkL TIL During the 1650s, over 100,000 Irish children between the ages of 10 and 14 were taken from their parents and sold as slaves in the West Indies, Virginia and New England.
4kKpo TIL that Spain has its own territory in Africa (next to Morocco)