› added 2 years ago

102

TIL Birmingham, UK's 2nd largest city, was recorded in 1086 as a small settlement with just 9 households

Read more opendomesday.org

via reddit.com

M7BVK TIL that there are no longer any significant scientific barriers to a form of human cloning. In 2018 Chinese scientists successfully cloned two crab-eating macaques named Zhong Zhong and Hua Hua--the first primates to ever be successfully cloned.
nek8r TIL that a sewer worker accidentally discovered a drain that would lead right to the bank of England's gold vault. He then requested to meet the directors at any time of their choosing inside the vault, and appeared out of the floorboards at the specified time.
7rRoL TIL that when chillies were first introduced to Japan, instead of eating them, people would grow them as small decorative plants or put them in their shoes to keep their toes warm.
neWvY TIL in July 2010 Sogen Kato was thought to be the oldest living Japanese man until his remains were discovered in his bedroom where he died 32 years before
QJXE9 TIL about rabbit starvation - eating nothing but rabbit meat will lead to starvation due to lack of fat.