› added 5 years ago

148

TIL archeologists discovered a sailing ship from the 1600s buried 15 feet beneath Manhattan.

Read more youtu.be

via reddit.com

p8P1O TIL of a sidewalk curb in Hayward, California that unintentionally marked the progression of a fault line for decades - until the city infrastructure department unknowingly paved over it.
R5Lrl TIL there were Greek Buddhist monks long before there were Thai, Tibetan, Chinese or Japanese Buddhist monks.
kO7xE TIL bananas can ripen avocados. Ripe bananas contain a natural plant hormone called ethylene, which triggers ripening in mature fruit. If both are placed in a paper bag, the paper bag traps the ethylene gas that’s produced by the fruit and speeds up the ripening process.
R76pj TIL that 'The Office's' Kevin Malone made over 1 million dollars just by making shoutouts for Cameo in 2020, He was actually the company's biggest earner last year
OokoR TIL New Mexico was NOT named after Mexico and was actually named before Mexico even existed as an independent country.