› added 4 years ago

586

TIL that chickens have earlobes, and the color of a hen's eggs corresponds to the earlobe color.

Read more mcgill.ca

via reddit.com

KNB6 TIL"The Christ myth theory" is the theory that Jesus never existed; if he did, he had virtually nothing to do with the founding of Christianity. Central arguments is; the NT has no historical value, no non-Christian references to Jesus from the 1st century exists, and Christianity had mythical roots
epZRn TIL: 60 million people were killed in WWII, of which 6 million were Jews
P1QJw TIL that during WWII, the Japanese battleship Mutsu suddenly exploded at anchor and sank. The Japanese navy investigated and found that the sinking was probably caused by a suicidally disgruntled crewman.
6EWnZ TIL that when astronauts vote from space, they list their address as "low-Earth orbit" in their absentee ballots.
WwMo TIL Alan Moore created Rorschach of the Watchmen as an insult to Steve Ditko’s similar characters The Question and Mr. A, calling Ditko’s Objectivist philosophies “laughable.” Everyone missed the point and actually liked Rorschach’s character.