› added 7 years ago

345

TIL that when rabbits with the dwarf gene breed, it occasionally results in a ‘peanut’, a bunny with two dwarf genes. Sadly, a peanut bunny will never grow, and will always die less than two weeks after birth, usually in under 3 days.

Read more threelittleladiesrabbitry.com

via ift.tt

9YrQD TIL that in order 'to satisfy every European's musical taste', Ode to Joy from Beethoven's 9th Symphony, the EU anthem, has been officially adapted into other genres such as jazz, hip-hop, trance, techno, and Romani folk. All of those versions are free to listen to on the Council of Europe's page.
OoVd1 TIL: Venus Flytraps are native to North and South Carolina
5xyQ TIL that there is a gold trade in India that revolves around panning for gold with dirt from the street and mud from drains.
R54p8 TIL that 15 U.S. states are in two different time zones. Those states are Alaska, Arizona, Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Nebraska, Nevada, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee and Texas.
0wbwA TIL Original hosts usually have low death rates when infected with a pathogen, with fatality rates tending to be much higher in new hosts