› added 11 years ago

210

TIL: A single human male produces enough sperm in two weeks to impregnate every fertile woman on the planet.

Read more m.huffpost.com

via reddit.com

M7mmK TIL about Dock Ellis, a former Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher who apparently pitched a no hitter while high on LSD
VBA7B TIL that one of the main perpetrators of the Putumayo genocide escaped justice and continued to exploit the same tribes. Before the Putumayo border change in 1933, Miguel S. Loayza forced the migration of 6,719 natives in to Peru. More than half of them died. Loayza survived into his nineties.
QJrdd TIL That the Catholic Church basically caused slavery in North America through Spain and Portugal
8jk8 TIL about “Sutton’s Law”, which states “that when diagnosing, one should consider the obvious”. Named after the famous American bank robber, Willie Sutton, when asked ‘Why do you rob banks?’ To which replied, ‘Because that’s where the money is.’
VMj6G TIL that Chrysler owned Lamborghini from 1987 until 1994