› added 3 months ago

8

TIL that there were different "fonts" used in the days of handwritten documents and the one you used indicated your social status or even gender

Read more atlasobscura.com

via reddit.com

rNOpw TIL the highest mountain in the Maldives rises to only 17 ft (5 m) above sea level. A local hotel once provided certificates for its guests who made the ascent.
kO59m TIL of the Battle for Texel, the last european battle of World War 2.
8d64 TIL Women used to wear foot long pins in their hats which could be used in self defense to stab men who groped or assaulted them.
8e7xa TIL that alma mater roughly translates to a mother’s milk, or “nourishing mother”
E1L5V TIL about the West Memphis Three, 3 teens convicted of the brutal murder of three 8 year old boys in West Memphis, Arkansas in 1993. Damien Echols was sent to death row. On August 19, 2011, Echols, Baldwin and Misskelley were released from prison as part of a Alford plea deal.