› added 12 years ago

407

TIL beekeepers in France discovered blue and green honey, the result of bees foraging in the waste created in the production of M&Ms.

Read more newsfeed.time.com

via reddit.com

kJX6e TIL Japanese prefectures have begun adopting Pokémon as their official mascots. Kagawa Prefecture's mascot is Slowpoke because its Japanese name "Yadon" sounds similar to "Udon", the prefecture's signature dish.
6E1jl TIL Shortly after Ayatollah Khomeini's return to Iran from exile in 1979, he issued a fatwa ordering that Jews and other minorities (except Bahá'ís) be treated well. To this day, Jews are officially recognized and protected by the Iranian government.
y4Pe TIL the ‘pirate accent’ is entirely based on the performance of Robert Newton in the film Treasure Island.
X04BX TIL majority of research results do not find statistically significant shift in sexual offense trend with sex offender registration and notification. In fact those who didn't register after incarceration re offended less as they were able to rehabilitate easier back into society.
vPDWD TIL that Warren Buffett (5th richest in the world) started buying shares of Berkshire Hathaway in 1962 for less than $8 each. Right now, those shares are worth more than $740,000 each. He will finally retire as CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, at the age of 95 years old, at the end of this year.