› added 2 years ago

130

TIL all dogs have 3 eyelids

Read more usadogbehavior.com

via reddit.com

9JKp TIL Serial killer Albert Fish would embed needles into his groin and abdomen. After his arrest, x-rays revealed that he had at least 29 needles lodged in his pelvic region. He also hit himself with a nail-studded paddle and inserted wool doused with lighter fluid into his anus and lit it.
x6Eow TIL of the Diderot Effect, which makes you want to buy more things when you buy one new thing.
mxlnx TIL that while the moon’s diameter is 400 times less than that of the sun, it’s also about 400 times closer to earth. That’s why solar eclipses happen to work out so well on earth.
yVQgJ TIL a Pornocracy is a government ruled by prostitutes or by corrupt officials (Who sell themselves for power). Its a term made most famous by the Darke Age of the Papacy (904-964AD).
4kKKg TIL arsenic is used in chemotherapy to treat a type of cancer called promyelocytic leukaemia