› added 9 years ago

471

TIL mail was delivered 12 times a day in Victorian London, with the first delivery starting ~7:30AM and the last one at ~7:30PM. Most Victorians were highly concerned of “return of post” (requesting immediate response) and they often complained if a letter didn’t arrive in a couple of hours.

Read more mentalfloss.com

via reddit.com

E1EOp TIL a beaver "named ‘Geronimo,' was dropped again and again" by parachute to test a radical beaver relocation plan. Geronimo's success led to the relocation of 76 beavers via parachute. Geronimo had priority reservation on the first ship into the hinterland, and three young females went with him.
r6Zx TIL that Dolphins like to get high off of puffer fish toxin.
VklZ TIL that in 1896 Auburn ROTC cadets greased the skids of a railway track before a football game. The train with the incoming team couldn’t stop and slid halfway to the next town, forcing them to walk 5 miles to the game possibly contributing to their 45-0 loss.
5Yd19 TIL the first person sentenced to the stocks in Boston was Edward Palmer, the carpenter who built the stocks. His crime? Charging too much for building the stocks.
DM8r TIL the chills experienced when listening to music is a result of the brain releasing dopamine – this occurs when a piece of music moves you, or when in anticipation of the peak moment during a song.