› added 5 years ago

421

TIL that Ewan McGregor plays Jesus in 4 movies

Read more youtube.com

via reddit.com

KYeJG TIL Emperor Justin of the Eastern Roman Empire was an illiterate peasant before becoming Emperor and his wife Lupicina was a freed slave. His nephew and future emperor Justinian was also a peasant and his wife Theodora was a former child prostitute. Justinian’s reign is considered a golden age.
ADw6B TIL that in 2013, a truck hauling Cobalt-60, a radioactive isotope of cobalt often used in cancer treatment, was hijacked by thieves who were unaware of the truck's contents. The truck was found abandoned 2 days later in a cornfield near Mexico City, with the cobalt outside of its protective casing.
LQ0jP TIL the Mexican drug cartel were one of the biggest buyers of fine art until the government cracked down and forced them out of anonymity
rRgKx TIL that in 1999, an improperly set up hot tub at a garden show in Bovenkarspel, The Netherlands, caused an outbreak of 206 cases of Legionnaire’s disease and 32 confirmed deaths
6EK8 TIL there’s a debugging method that uses rubber duck