› added 1 year ago

270

TIL Melanophila Beetles have the hottest sex, programmed to mate in the midst of fire

Read more baynature.org

via reddit.com

XmWj TIL when Groundhog Day was released, the Washington Post wrote that “‘Groundhog’ will never be designated a national film treasure by the Library of Congress”. In 2006, the film was selected by the National Film Preservation Board for preservation in the Library of Congress.
loLxa TIL about the last large scale battle of World War 2. The defeat of the Japanese/Manchurian Kwangtung army, by Soviet forces.
N7R18 TIL about a tattooed biker gang called Rescue Ink, who travel around rescuing neglected and abused animals and taking them to no-kill shelters/rehabilitation centres.
Oo56Y TIL Prodigy's video for "Smack My Bitch Up" depicts a night out in London, graphically portraying snorting cocaine, using heroin, drinking and driving, violence, vomiting, vandalism, nudity and a sex scene, all filmed from a first-person perspective . It was banned everywhere.
xVV1B TIL of a ship known as the Mary Celeste, which was discovered adrift and deserted in the Atlantic. The last log entry was 10 days before her discovery and when another ship happened upon her, all of the provisions and belongings of the crew were perfectly intact, but the crew were all missing