Beast of Gévaudan ( en.wikipedia.org )
Adder stone ( en.wikipedia.org )
TIL that China accounts for 80% of Buick's sales ( en.wikipedia.org )
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1dwt7wl/til_that_china_accounts_for_80_of_buicks_sales/...
Lycurgus Cup ( en.wikipedia.org )
The Breakers ( en.wikipedia.org )
Mosquitofish ( en.wikipedia.org )
They have been dubbed by scientists as "one of the most problematic animals on the planet"....
Ex situ conservation ( en.wikipedia.org )
TIL that Keir Starmer, leader of the UK's Labour Party and current Prime Minister, was named after the founder of the Labour Party, Keir Hardie. ( en.wikipedia.org )
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1dwdhgz/til_that_keir_starmer_leader_of_the_uks_labour/...
Seattle Underground ( en.wikipedia.org )
Cryptophasia (languages invented by twins) ( en.wikipedia.org )
TIL about de la Chapelle syndrome where people with XX chromosomes are born with traditionally masculine organs & presentation. Usually those with the trait are unaware they have XX chromosomes at all ( en.wikipedia.org )
Thoughts on the idea of redwashing? ( en.wikipedia.org )
Zveno project ( en.wikipedia.org )
Zveno (Russian: Звено, a military unit "Flight") was a parasite aircraft developed in the Soviet Union during the 1930s. It was the brainchild of the aviation engineer Vladimir Vakhmistrov. It consisted of a Tupolev TB-1 or a Tupolev TB-3 heavy bomber mothership and two to five fighters. Depending on the variant, the...
Megaminx ( en.wikipedia.org )
Saltair (Utah) ( en.wikipedia.org )
List of animal names ( en.wikipedia.org )
Enabling Act of 1933 ( en.wikipedia.org )
Ciabatta (a bread invented in 1982) ( en.wikipedia.org )
Quipu ( en.wikipedia.org )
Supercontinent cycle ( en.wikipedia.org )
Woolsack (Parliamentary furniture) ( en.wikipedia.org )
If you open any wiki related to the British Parliament you can can click to something weird and incomprehensible very quickly.