› added 10 months ago

55

TIL Jimmy Carter is the only living president to have won Texas as a democrat

Read more uselectionatlas.org

via reddit.com

nkL9 TIL there is a disease that strikes starfish “that causes the creatures’ arms to crawl in opposite directions until they tear away from the body, causing the insides to spill out.”
ADPX4 TIL of Movile Cave. Life in the cave has been separated from the outside for the past 5.5 million years and it is based completely Chemosynthesis. The atmosphere deep in the cave it like an alien planet, and more than 30 of the species found inside cannot be found anywhere else on Earth.
pY4Ne TIL the word shark used to mean "scoundrel" and sharks used to be called "sea dogs" instead. The term "loan sharks" predates its use for the fish and refers to them being villains, rather than a comparison to the predator.
xVKyb TIL King Tutankhamun was mummified with an erection. It broke off soon after his discovery.
Mer90 TIL that more people are buried in Rochester, NY's Mount Hope Cemetery than are currently alive in the city limits (350,000 buried to 210,000 alive).