› added 13 years ago

769

TIL that there are trees in Hawaii with natural rainbow-colored bark.

Read more amusingplanet.com

via reddit.com

69W1Q TIL just 4 religions: Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism, account for over 77% of the world's population, and 92% of the world is one of those religions or nonreligious, meaning that the other 9,000+ faiths account for only 8% of the population combined.
ADP5a TIL To punish and deter illegal tree-cutting around Christmas time, some cities and universities spray trees with fox urine. It freezes on the trees and is odorless outside, but the smell becomes "eye-watering" and irremovable once brought inside.
8a7E4 TIL that cats aren’t actually “playing” with their prey. What they are actually doing, is tiring them out so that they can bite the preys nape (back of neck) without risk of being bitten or injured themselves.
WkyZ9 TIL Rockstar allowed fans in 2007 to call a number to rant about what they think was wrong with America. The best ones were feature on the radio station WKTT in GTA IV
JYo9v TIL that Taiwan has a territorial claim in the Spratly islands, called Taiping Island, also known as Itu Aba.