TIL in 1822 a stork arrived in Germany with an arrow through its neck. The wood was from central Africa, over 3000 miles away. This convinced zoologists that birds migrated in the winter, and disproved other theories such as underwater hibernation, or transformation into other animals (like mice)

Submitted by Pfeffer_Prinz t3_z2wvwp on November 23, 2022 at 6:39 PM in todayilearned