› added 1 year ago

85

TIL: There are manatees in Maryland

Read more montgonion.com

via reddit.com

x69Wg TIL that in 2018, a family walking along the beach in Australia discovered the oldest message in a bottle, which had been thrown into the sea back in 1886.
nW48r TIL that people who work with birds or own many birds can get a disease called “Bird Fancier's Lung”. It is triggered by exposure to avian proteins present in the dry dust of droppings or feathers of a variety of birds.
4kmoJ TIL the band iron butterfly didn't know they were being recorded in the studio for 17 minutes when they played their now-hit song In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida; it went on to sell 30 million times
6Empl TIL about the Australian Sub-Lieutenant and two Solomon Islanders who helped save JFK and the crew of PT-109 during WWII.
QNye TIL In Italy, a family in need of Grandparents can adopt the elderly