› added 3 years ago

157

TIL : Crayfish burrows are made in lawns, called "Mud Chimneys"

Read more beatlyzer.com

via beatlyzer.com

Y8Rd TIL that male waterfowl have a clockwise corkscrew penis. Female waterfowl have evolved a counterclockwise shaped vagina. This makes sex difficult for the waterfowl. Female waterfowl evolved non-complementary sexual organs as a defense mechanism because male waterfowl try to rape them so often.
oBpaR TIL that there are more viruses in the oceans than there are stars in the universe, by 10 million fold, and lined side-by-side, they would stretch beyond the nearest 60 galaxies.
rrN1 TIL that there are more dedicated electric car charging stations in Japan than there are gas stations.
0Ypp TIL that the Soviet Union allowed theaters to play The Grapes of Wrath because of its depiction of the plight of the poor under capitalism, but it was later withdrawn because Russian audiences were amazed that even the poorest Americans could afford a car.
kJaxB TIL that one of George Washington’s generals and the “founder of the US Army” was openly gay.