› added 10 years ago

70

TIL of Hero Rats: African giant pouched rats can be trained to sniff out both mines and tuberculosis. They are too light to set off mines and can perform a day’s worth of human TB scanning in seven minutes.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

8a5xa TIL about California nut crime, which refers to the organised theft of nuts from the state - shipments of which can make up to $500,000. With California producing 80% of the world's almonds, almond theft is particularly lucrative and has been linked to the funding of Pakistani terror groups.
VlWm TIL that smelling coffee or coffee beans acts as an olfactory palate cleanser. This means that when you smell something after smelling coffee, you get the full effect, and there is no nasal fatigue.
WbRX TIL when David Bowie wanted walk around in New York without being bothered, he simply carried a greek newspaper, so that people would think “no, that can’t be him”.
QJBe9 TIL that there’s a “Penis Shrine” in Thailand where phallic sculptures are used as offerings to a female fertility spirit.
beXj TIL that the origin of the term ‘Wiki’ comes from the Hawaiian word wikiwiki which means quick or informal.