In 1233-34, the Catholic Church and those loyal to it (which was virtually everyone in Western Europe) began to exterminate cats.

Due to the significant growth of rats from the lack of "hunters", disease began to spread.

Between 1346 – 1353 the Black Plague ravaged Europe, spread by rats, among other reasons, and killed a grand portion of the world.

There is an endangered colony of birds invading my fishing spot..i only know they're endangered cause all the good spots are roped off . >:(

The original title of Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice was First Impression.

I had read this novel before but didn't know it had a different name. A few days ago, i was reading the notes in the book and it said the first edition was called First Impression. Not a shocking fact or anything, but I found it interesting... A little bit :p

The world's tallest volcano is Mauna Kea in Hawaii is 13,796 feet (4,207 meters). The world's largest volcano is Mauna Loa at 13678 ft (4,169 meters). They rise up from the bottom of the ocean.

Measuring Mauna Kea from the base of the ocean to its peak it is 10,203 meters, which is taller than Mt. Everest. 

The cast of "Friends" still earns around $20 million each year.

That actually surprised the hell outta me. Stay home, do nothing, still make that kinda bank from a show that ended 17 years ago. Madness.

Compared to their immigrant footprint/raw numbers, there are far more Thai restaurants in the United States than would be expected because the Thai government decided to embark on a culinary diplomacy plan that funded the majority of these restaurants with grants.  There was even specificity in the level of grant dependent on whether you wanted to go for more hole in the wall, or more opulent.

There are more planes deep sunk in the sea than ships wrecked in the sky

FACTO

Man so many things I've learned or well re-leearned recently i should say. Main one is I am a complete fuck up and should not expect much from what is left of my sad life lol. Second most people on here fucking suck and you can't trust usually. Really depends on the person I guess and situation.  Third god I am just completely shot the fuck out and do not know how I have accomplished shit I have on here lol

A man named Charles Osborne had the hiccups for approximately sixty-nine years

A doctor treated Osborne and told him he likely broke a blood vessel in his brain when he fell. The result: He damaged the part of his brain that may have inhibited the hiccup response.

i recently learned there was once war fought between Chad and Libya using Toyota Hilux's, and Toyota responded in a hilarious fashion when asked about how they felt about their trucks being used in war.

I have been looking at Instagram too much recently and the Japenese word Kuchi zamishi means that you eat when you are not hungry because your mouth is lonely.

I have since taken up the art of Kuchi zamishi becuase lets face it who wants thier mouth to be lonely

Women in North Korea make up almost half of the total workforce. 
A mother receives five months of paid maternity leave

A donkey’s eyes are positioned so that it can see all four of its feet at the same time.

"A donkey can see all of its feet at once because of the wide spacing of the eyes on its head.

This eye positioning gives donkeys high quality peripheral vision so they have a nearly 360 degree view of their surroundings."

The average life span of a hermit crab is 75 years.

"According to many hermit crab enthusiasts, properly cared for crabs can live to be 75 years old whereas the typical hermit crab taken home by vacationers lives for a couple of weeks or months. The average lifespan for hermit crabs in the wild is 25 years."

In the Philippines, McDonald’s serves spaghetti

The pasta comes with a beef tomato sauce and a piece of “McDo” fried chicken. The golden arches just got more, diverse I guess.... Big Mac and fries to go. Or is that more karaoke than eating choices??

Nuclear definitely. I'm a red blooded American and am all about the flag waving and beer drinking, but I think it's pretty clear that the Soviet Union would have eventually overcame the Germans even without Tom Hanks storming the beaches in France. The failure of Operation Barbosa and then the Battle of Stalingrad....man, can you imagine how tough men were back then? Now we get offended when someone doesn't wear a mask in starbucks while I get my honey moca frapachino