› added 6 years ago

122

TIL That for almost 300 years, the office of the pope was almost certainly a death sentence. 28 of the first 31 consecutive popes were violently murdered.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

awYxJ TIL, smokers are exposed to some of the highest levels of radiation on earth from the radioactive traces of Polonium and Lead in tobacco.
lo1Wr TIL John Goodenough invented the lithium-ion battery and never received a penny for his invention nor a Nobel prize.
9aQr TIL: Approximately 10,000 attended the funeral of Hawaiian musician, Israel Kamakawiwoʻole.
6E8e8 TIL about the Third Wave experiment. Kids were instructed in posture, began each remark with Mr. and saluted. In 3 days the movement had grown to 200 students. Students showed increased academic skill and motivation. After 5 days students were informed it was an experiment on how NAZIsm spread.
R7WV6 TIL In 1867, a jar was found in a Paris pharmacy with the inscription "Remains found under the stake of Joan of Arc, virgin of Orleans." Carbon14 tests and various spectroscopic analyses were performed, and the results determined that the remains come from an Egyptian mummy from the 6th century BC.