› added 3 months ago

27

TIL that Sparta Pop Culture image of Military Prowess is mostly a myth as Spartans were land owning aristocrats who only had citizens militia.

Read more smithsonianmag.com

via reddit.com

16ZNX TIL that the Invisible rail (Habroptila wallacii) is native to to the island of Halmahera, Indonesia. It is not actually invisble, just difficult to spot.
DQ0rp TIL CSPAN Presidential Historians Survey from 2000-2017 consistently rank the top 3 GOAT U.S. presidents as Lincoln, Washington, and FDR. The worst ranked president was James Buchanan. Lincoln, Washington, FDR scored highest in Crisis Leadership, Moral Authority, and Public Persuasion respectively
kno7 TIL That in the first Pirates of The Caribbean movie, the director insisted on actually having 882 Aztec coins in the chest for “a sense of historical fantasy”. Johnny Depp also used a real pistol, made in 1760.
vEvK TIL that Japanese honey bees can ‘bake’ and thus kill hive invading wasps, by having multiple bees form a ball around the invader and vibrating their wings to create heat.
PYXyZ TIL Luffas are grown on a vine like a gourd instead of in the sea like other natural sponges.