› added 4 years ago

428

TIL There is an endangered 6-foot long earthworm which is so big that you can actually hear from above ground as it moves through its subterranean burrows

Read more australiangeographic.com.au

via reddit.com

dr1Z TIL Almost every mammal urinates for approximately 21 seconds, it is called the “Law of Urination.”
16J1D TIL that in 1968 Bob Beamon broke the world record for the long jump by nearly 2 feet. His jump exceeded the limits of the measuring equipment that had been installed and his jump had to be measured manually.
d8Njj TIL many doctors have stopped calling cancer treatment a "fight" or "battle". They argue these terms misrepresent how treatment works and if treatments fail, the patient is left with guilt and a false belief they didn't "fight" hard enough.
xVZ4o TIL: In the 50s, scientists released a deadly virus to eliminate millions of rabbits.
8WYP TIL In 1996,Børge Ousland became the first person to cross Antarctica coast to coast, alone and without support—1,864 miles through the most desolate landscape on Earth.