› added 7 years ago

130

TIL Steve Irwin once discovered a new species of turtle while on a fishing trip with his father and he had the honor of naming it. It's called Irwin's Turtle (Elseya irwini).

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

xEB0 TIL there was a pig farmer who murdered 49 women and fed them to his friends.
yG7M TIL Doritos were created at Disneyland in an attempt to use up old tortillas that would otherwise be thrown out.
X0Xpr TIL Pablo Picasso's full name is Pablo Diego Jose Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno Maria de los Remedios Crispiniano de la Santisima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso
PWeJ TIL that a radioactive spider bite contains the same amount of radiation as a banana (which which contains the radioactive isotope Potassium-40), and probably would not cause any mutations, let alone super-powers.
6xo7 TIL that without bats there would be no tequila. It’s made from the agave plant, which is pollinated by bats.