› added 10 years ago

554

TIL that the CHEKA, during the Red Terror, tortured their victims by boiling their hands until the skin could be pulled off like a glove

Read more alphahistory.com

via reddit.com

8a6d4 TIL that there is an exact replica of Stonehenge made entirely out of cars putting Alliance, Nebraska on the map, aptly called Carhenge
mxnKp TIL between 33K and 55K Canadians fought in the American Civil War. 29 were awarded Medals of Honor, one was a noted Union Spy, and one was a Union Army officer who formed and led the detachment that captured and killed John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of Lincoln.
v5VL TIL: In 1986 a volcanic lake in Cameroon, Africa burped a C02 gas cloud that killed 1,746 people in the blink of an eye.
nW7bo TIL Earth's Magnetic N Pole is moving 60 km Annually, Faster than it has in a Long Time. It used to move about 15 km annually, but it has now moved out of Canada and is headed towards Russia. A pole reversal (N turns into S, and vice versa) is possible, but unlikely at this time.
OodYL TIL limonene (an extract from citrus peels) was used as an experimental liquid rocket fuel, and blanketed the entire testing area with the smell of lemon oil whenever it was fired.