› added 5 years ago

100

TIL that H G Wells was inspired to write War of the Worlds by the plight of the Tasmanian Aborigines.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

OGXpR TIL that in 1783, the Laki volcano in Iceland erupted for 8 months. It caused a famine that killed 1/3rd of all Icelanders and changed global temperatures. The 1784 winter saw ice flows in the Gulf of Mexico and a frozen Mississippi river as far as New Orleans
x69Xb TIL that some women may have beards, due to polycystic ovary syndrome, an endocrine disorder that sometimes causes women to grow excess hair.
m1vxy TIL that Dan Daly awardee of the Medal of Honor twice quoted the famous saying “Come on, you sons of bitches, do you want to live forever?” was to his Company during a charge at Battle of Belleau Wood in WW1
kmZ4 TIL that black swans are an actual type of swan, not just a rare color variant
OGJBg TIL approximately 98% of all mammalian species do not menstruate. These "oestrous" species reabsorb endometrial tissue at the end of the infertile cycle. Making many aspects of menstruation poorly understood and development of treatments for menstrual disorders limited.