› added 5 years ago

98

TIL felines who purr cannot roar. It comes down to a bone called the hyoid which is not completely ossified in roaring cats while it is in domestic cats.

Read more cattime.com

via reddit.com

DQdbv TIL of the 2010 Sauna World Championship, in which two competitors needed rescuing from a 230°F sauna due to receiving burns to their skin and airways, resulting in the death of one of the competitors (also aided by his use of steroids and numbing agents to help him last longer in the sauna.
d8VkE TIL Back to the Future will likely never be rebooted, since co-writer and director Robert Zemeckis, who has approval over all films in the Back to the Future franchise, has stated that he will block all attempts to remake or reboot the original film.
oRNP7 TIL the term 'blood bath' references Roman bull sacrifices (2nd to 4th c.) in which a priest is entrenched below a bull slaughter to bathe in the blood - Taurobolium (Prudencius: Peristephanon)
W7QvN TIL that upon Harry Houdini's death, his magic equipment was inherited by his brother Theodore on the condition that it be "burned and destroyed" upon Theodore's death. Instead, the equipment ended up in the Houdini Magical Hall of Fame, a museum which burnt down in 1995.
6Evpm TIL Shiraz wine has been produced in Shiraz, Iran since the 9th century. Before the 1979 Islamic Revolution there were 300 wineries in Iran, now there are none.