› added 3 years ago

86

TIL Alligators in Florida developed areas are only considered a "nuisance" if over 4 feet long.

Read more beatlyzer.com

via beatlyzer.com

mxZ1x TIL, that according to US Naval tradition, submarines that have not been confirmed to be destroyed are still on patrol. Since WWII, there are 52 submarine patrols that have not reported in, returned to port, or confirmed to be destroyed
R7vr7 TIL about Almon Brown Strowger. Strowger's undertaking business was losing clients to a competitor whose telephone-operator wife was redirecting everyone who called for Strowger. Motivated to remove the intermediary operator, he invented the first automatic telephone exchange in 1889.
M7BJB TIL that in Mike Tyson’s last professional boxing match to date, he faced the 6ft 6 Kevin McBride. Tyson would attempt to break McBride’s arm, before being shoved to the floor by McBride and then eventually quitting on his stool, just before the 7th round.
rRGBx TIL that the artist who made Scooby-Doo found desirable traits that you’d look for in a top level show dog and drew Scooby-Doo to represent the opposite.
ne7xY TIL that porgs were in The Last Jedi because it was easier to create a new species than to digitally remove the puffins that actually lived on the island