TIL: Today I Learned... (4 Viewers)

[saintmdterps]

TIL, People used urine to tan animal skins, so families would all pee in a pot & then once a day it was taken & sold to the tannery.......if you had to do this to survive you were "Piss Poor"
But worse than that were the really poor folk who couldn't even afford to buy a pot......they "didn't have a pot to piss in"

 

[Dago]

 

[buzd]

Fun, but mostly false.

Fact Check: Are Avocados Really Named After Testicles?

The rumor goes that their wrinkly texture and paired growing inspired the name.

www.iflscience.com

 

[Sailorsaint]

Fun, but mostly false.

Fact Check: Are Avocados Really Named After Testicles?

The rumor goes that their wrinkly texture and paired growing inspired the name.

www.iflscience.com

Aww, nut box.

 

[Dago]

Fun, but mostly false.

Fact Check: Are Avocados Really Named After Testicles?

The rumor goes that their wrinkly texture and paired growing inspired the name.

www.iflscience.com

Hey I don't come in here messing with your avocados...leave mine alone

 

[0rion]

 

[Nisey55]

Figures, I'm out of tortilla chips.

 

[Tapxe]

Historical stunner: Early Europeans were vegetarians, only used cattle for their manure

Researchers are revealing that settlers in European cities 6,000 years ago were mainly vegetarians, despite keeping plenty of livestock around.

studyfinds.org

 

[Mr. Blue Sky]

TIL that the United States original 13 colonies included…. North Carolina, South Carolina and freaking Georgia….. or more likely, like a lot of stuff in my life lately- i actually knew it 40 years ago but just forgot in the intervening decades .

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

TIL that the United States original 13 colonies included…. North Carolina, South Carolina and freaking Georgia….. or more likely, like a lot of stuff in my life lately- i actually knew it 40 years ago but just forgot in the intervening decades .

You knew it - you wouldn’t have gotten out of 8th grade without knowing it
You also knew that mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell

 

[Mr. Blue Sky]

You also knew that mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell

Definitely never knew that, science isnt my bag .. i do remember the Venus Flytrap neutron/electron/proton thing from WKRP tho

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[guidomerkinsrules]

Definitely never knew that, science isnt my bag .. i do remember the Venus Flytrap neutron/electron/proton thing from WKRP tho

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Wasn’t quite as good as when Mr Kotter kept Freddy in school by almost beating him in 1on1, but it was pretty good

 

[Madmarsha]

Wasn’t quite as good as when Mr Kotter kept Freddy in school by almost beating him in 1on1, but it was pretty good

Up your nose with a rubber hose.

Man, I just been waitin' for a chance to say that to you.

 

[Tapxe]

Alligators get more intimidating after study reveals they have an amazing ability

Alligator superpowers are real.

www.yahoo.com

“The alligator can tune their hearing to land or water by adjusting how tight the tympanic membrane is stretched. Moreover, they believe that this is part of an alligator’s submergence reflex and that it occurs automatically when an alligator goes underwater.”

 

[SaintRob]

Testicle sauce? Come on now.