› added 4 years ago

61

TIL the longest place name in any English-speaking country and perhaps even the world is a hill in New Zealand named 'Taumata­whakatangihanga­koauau­o­tamatea­turi­pukaka­piki­maunga­horo­nuku­pokai­whenua­ki­tana­tahu'

Read more chbdc.govt.nz

via reddit.com

JYvvm TIL that cats moon people and other cats to say hello.
R79K1 TIL there is a correlation between religiosity and intelligence
yVVAv TIL about Aeroflot Flight 593, which crashed and killed all 75 passengers on board after the pilot allowed his two children into the cockpit and seated them at the controls.
XEyvQ TIL the Caste System is not really abolished in India and that it affects many people in their day to day lives even today.
LMJQ TIL a former bonded child labourer from Pakistan escaped the carpet factory at the age of 10, helped free over 3000 kids from slavery, helped bring down Pakistani carpet exports by $34 million, before being murdered at the age of 13.