› added 6 years ago

353

TIL that donuts have holes in them to evenly cook the dough.

Read more wonderopolis.org

via reddit.com

VBgKp TIL some folks in Indonesia believe that a marriage is less likely to fail if the newly wedded husband and wife hold in their feces for three straight days.
JYgwV TIL of the tarantula hawk wasp that has a non-deadly sting so painful, experienced professionals will just suggest you to lie down & scream if stung, because most people lose verbal & physical coordination afterwards.
6EMMX TIL Banach-Tarski Paradox: if you accept as true the Axiom of choice (i.e. from non-empty set you can always pick up a random element) then you could decompose a golden sphere into a finite number of pieces and, without any strecthing, reassemble these into two balls identical to the original one.
Y7eZZ TIL a boy was executed in Iceland’s Witch Trials for using Fretrúnir (fart magic) on a girl.
AN1aa TIL that the famous British composer Benjamin Britten was known for maintaining close personal friendships with the adolescent singers he cast in most of his operas, including sharing baths, kisses, and beds with them. Despite this, all of "Britten's Boys" categorically deny any form of abuse.