151 words TIL Romans used Geese as guard animals due to their very aggressive nature and large numbers. They were so effective Romans considered them sacred
303 words TIL "Uncle Tom" was originally Anti-Slavery and was inspired by a real person
112 words TIL traffic roundabouts, compared to intersections with stop signs or signals, have 37% fewer overall collisions, 75% fewer injury collisions, and 90% fewer fatal collisions
181 words TIL In the 1960's people used to drink Dr Pepper as a HOT drink in wintertime
121 words TIL about Dina Sanichar, a boy who was raised by wolves until the age of six, when he was discovered by hunters (1867). He was never really able to adapt himself to civilized society and died in 1895 of tuberculosis.
150 words TIL in 1912 4 yr-old Bobby Dunbar disappeared, was found eight months later in Mississippi with a couple that refuted that it was him. Courts ordered the boy to live with the Dunbars. 100 years later DNA verified that the boy was Bruce Anderson and had been wrongly identified by Dunbar's parents
225 words TIL diarrhea medicine is so hard to open because people abuse it.
129 words TIL Jeffrey Dahmer accidentally roofied himself once instead of the intended victim, and he awoke to find that they had robbed him of several items of his clothing, $300, and a watch.
223 words TIL- UPS delivery has a 92% bad rating on Trust Pilot with over 24,000 Reviews
158 words TIL about the "friendship paradox" which states that most people have fewer friends than their friends
174 words TIL that according to a congressional report there are an estimated 2.4 million cases of unnecessary surgery sold and performed on the public every year. Lucian Leape, a former surgeon and professor at the Harvard School of Public Health, a renowned patient safety expert cautions
198 words TIL The success of Rollerball (1975) led to promoters wanting to buy the rights to the in-film sport. The director, Norman Jewison, was outraged as the movie was to show the "sickness and insanity of contact sports and their allure."
223 words TIL that Billings, MT has the highest rate of depression in the United States (31% of the population).
141 words TIL about the Battle of Brisbane: American and Australian forces clashed in the capital city of Queensland in 1942, resulting in one death and multiple injuries. It was never reported in the US, and only barely in Australia
159 words TIL that a male cocaine addict who fathers a son passes on genetic adaptations that reduce or prevent susceptibility to cocaine addiction in that son. It doesn’t work for daughters, though.
124 words TIL, Before travelling to Venezuela, the US government suggests establishing a “proof of life” protocol with your loved ones, so that if you are taken hostage, your loved ones know specific questions (and answers) to ask the hostage-takers to be sure that you are alive.
332 words TIL that 65% of cancer survivors surveyed by war on cancer said that they had been ghosted by friends or family after their diagnosis.
176 words TIL that 65% of cancer survivors surveyed by war on cancer said that they had been ghosted by friends or family after their diagnosis.
227 words TIL that the Amy Winehouse song ‘Me & Mr. Jones’ was written about her relationship with Nasir Jones, who is best known as the influential rapper Nas.
362 words TIL that Ayn Rand actually hated the libertarians and anarcho-capitalists of her time.