Fun Facts We Didn't Need To Know

[OneHappyDuckie]

What about Billiam spots?

Zebras don't have those either

 

[Lovely Lettie]

Zebras don't have those either

Poor things

 

[azurbanclucker]

The nation of Malta, in the Medeterrenean Sea, has been inhabited by humans off and on for more than 7000 years, and continually inhabited for more than 5000

 

[JacinLarkwell]

The nation of Malta, in the Medeterrenean Sea, has been inhabited by humans off and on for more than 7000 years, and continually inhabited for more than 5000

Is that a long time?

 

[azurbanclucker]

Is that a long time?

predates Egypt's "old Kingdom" by 2500+ years.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

predates Egypt's "old Kingdom" by 2500+ years.

Oh wow.

 

[casportpony]

The nation of Malta, in the Medeterrenean Sea, has been inhabited by humans off and on for more than 7000 years, and continually inhabited for more than 5000

I did not know that.

 

[KreetchaKeepa]

Between 1978 and 1995, an average of 13 poeple a year were killed by vending machines. (Last time the study was conducted was 1995 so no newer data available)

My first childhood friend was crushed by a vending machine. Poor girl. She was 4.

 

[KreetchaKeepa]

Farts are flammable .

 

[azurbanclucker]

I did not know that.

I learned about it on my trip to Malta in 2018. There's a lot of history crammed into a very little space on the Islands of Malta and Gozo.

This is Ġgantija, which was built in ~3600BC and is the second oldest known neolithic site on Earth. It's on the island of Gozo, which is part of Malta.