› added 2 years ago

116

TIL Mississippian Native Americans had a cosmological concept similar to Norse mythology, complete with a World Tree

Read more rla.unc.edu

via reddit.com

QWD6 TIL: Steve Jobs felt guilty about getting a liver transplant because he was rich so he helped author a law in California requiring the DMV to ask you to be a donor to increase the number of potential organ donors.
dD8A8 TIL It takes about 3 million presses to wear out a button on an Xbox controller
dKPK TIL that sapphires and rubies are actually the same material, and only look different because of slight impurities.
woja1 TIL The Nissan Skyline GT-R R32 was called Obakemono (a shape shifting monster) in Japan and Godzilla-on-wheels in Australia.
ADe7w TIL Olympians prior to and following their events hold massive parties or benders at the “Olympic Village” built in the hosting country. With tension and hormones running rampant, and in the comfort of a press free environment, festivities often include heavy drinking, wild sex, and even orgies.