Literally Every Single One Of These 21 Things I Just Found Out Completely And Totally Blew My Mind Last Week
1. Zoos have emergency snake bite alarms for, well, emergency snake bites:
2. This is the distribution of letters in your standard Scrabble set:
The number of Scrabble pieces in a set as the alphabet as done by my daughter from mildlyinteresting
I need more J's.
3. This is what a 2x4 of wood looked like 75 years ago vs. today:
Due to different wood, different cutting methods, etc.
4. Some planes let you have a poo with a view:
5. This is what the first page of Harry Potter looks like in Scots:
The first page of the Scots edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone from mildlyinteresting
Scots is a language native to Scotland.
6. You can save a loooooot of money by visiting your local library:
My public library tells you how much money you’ve saved by checking things out instead of buying them. from mildlyinteresting
7. Pink pineapples exist:
They apparently taste pretty much the same.
8. In addition to the original (Nic Cage voice) Declaration of Independence, a bunch of copies were made and sent to other places. Here's what one of those copies looks like:
My small town has one of the original copies of the declaration of independence. from mildlyinteresting
9. Most places outside of the United States don't refrigerate their eggs:
10. Crosswalks for people on horses are a thing:
11. We finally have the answer to "what happens if a cactus gets hit by lightning":
12.A six-day stay in the hospital in 1947 cost you $129:
13. Some dishwashers have a place just for chopsticks:
14. Fingers can grow back. FINGERS CAN GROW BACK!
Seven years ago, I cut off two finger tips with a hatchet. Since it was just above the nail matrix, they grew back. You can still see where the hatchet hit. from mildlyinteresting
Read more here.
15. Some hardware stores can be pretty hardcore:
16. Bananas, well, they can be straight:
17. Table hockey pucks can get very, very worn down:
Table hockey puck after about four and a half years of playing. New one on the left for comparison. from mildlyinteresting
18. People were talking about climate change as long as 110 years ago:
19. Dandelions can be gigantic:
20. This is what happens to a penny when it goes in one end and out the other:
What my 3-year-old’s insides did to this penny. Accidentally swallowed it on Thurs. from mildlyinteresting
21. And, finally, you've seen the "American" section in a grocery store before. Well, this is what the "European" section looks like in the US:
Neat!
