› added 7 years ago

54

TIL that the rate of world population growth is now decreasing.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

mxLLM TIL that the creators of the Game of Thrones TV series, Benioff and Weiss, had no prior experience in television and only limited experience writing movie scripts. Their original pilot episode was so poorly received at test screenings that HBO demanded that they re-shoot 90% of it.
wLmYY TIL The international parking sign was first designed for the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam
781QL TIL you cannot drive between Panama and Colombia due to the Darién Gap
j6LGN TIL that genetic and archaeological evidence suggests cannabis was domesticated 10,000–12,000 years ago in East Asia, making it one of the first plants cultivated by humans.
WkwLX TIL that the US Army is unable to account for roughly $6.5 trillion worth of transactions between 1999 and 2015 and the number is still growing.