› added 3 years ago

64

TIL in 1763 the Paxton Boys massacred two villages of Susquehannock Indians. The militia proceeded to march on Philadelphia with the intention of killing every Indian in Pennsylvania. They were met by Benjamin Franklin who helped prevent further slaughter of the peaceful Native Americans

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

7rERL TIL Gonorrhoea can be treated with antibiotics, but a new Super-Gonorrhoea has emerged, which is resistant to anti-biotics.
yQ8Mv TIL in 2007, Siberia experienced orange snow. This orange snow was ruled to most likely caused by a heavy sandstorm in neighboring Kazakhstan. Tests on the snow revealed numerous sand and clay dust particles and a high iron-content, which were blown into Russia in the upper stratosphere.
VB0NQ TIL Haitian-American Joe Gaetjens, the sole goal-scorer in the upset victory over England in the 1950 World Cup, would later be kidnapped by Haitian dictator "Papa Doc" Duvalier's secret police. He was taken to a prison notorious for torture and never heard of again until confirmed dead in 1972.
Ypbdv TIL that if there are more than 26 hurricanes in the Atlantic hurricane season, storms get named after the Greek alphabet once the English alphabet is exhausted. To date, this has only happened once (in 2005).
JY7mm TIL Any word, when repeated multiple times consecutively, loses its meaning and starts sounding weird. This is called semantic satiation. It happens because the brain ceases to recognise it as a word and breaks it down into sounds.