anomalicom

WkrQX TIL that during the Victorian era, a newly developed feeding bottle for infants was introduced. Infant moṛtality rates due to these bottles were shocking– only 2 out of 10 infants lived to their 2nd birthday, but parents continued to buy and use them and they earned the name as murdeṛ bottles.
e0Wb5 TIL that Longyou Grottoe, which are no less than 2,000 years old, represent one of the largest underground excavations of ancient times. Scientists from around the world have absolutely no idea how they were built, by whom, and why.
neEZr TIL that H.H. Holmes, considered the first American serial killer, build a whole hotel with secret rooms for murder ant torture purposes, where more than 200 victims could have been killed.