TIL In 1651, when king Charles II was forced into exile by Oliver Cromwell, the king was aided in his escape to France by the Pendrill family. After the restoration of the crown in 1660, the king rewarded them, and a yearly pension is still paid to the descendants of the Pendrill family to this day. | Category: Learned Source More
ELI5: How can a piece of paper folded 103 times be larger than the observable universe? | Category: Explain Mechanics inside 1 arm wiper https://i.imgur.com/BKbG2cq.mp4 More
TIL A researcher once played a recording of an elephant who had died. The sound was coming from a speaker hidden in a thicket. The family went wild calling, looking all around. The dead elephant’s daughter called for days afterward. The researchers never again did such a thing. | Category: Learned Source More
ELI5: Maternal haplogroups mean we’re all descended from the same woman? | Category: Explain Fish trap Source More
