› added 2 years ago

276

TIL about Bolludagur, or "Cream Bun Day", a holiday in Iceland associated with carnival. Children spank their parents with a decorated stick while demanding buns ("bolla, bolla, bolla!"). In return, the parents give the children cream buns

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

nRMW TIL David Camm served 13 yrs before being exonerated for the murder of his family. The prosecutor was later found to have been the real culprit’s defense lawyer, faked an expert, and lied about checking crucial evidence. It had the culprit’s DNA, prison nickname, and inmate number.
VmxG TIL in order to save 140 tonnes of carbon annually in reduced transportation, British supermarket Sainsbury’s shrunk the inner cardboard tube of all their toilet rolls by 11mm.
nRk7 TIL that Atari was never a Japanese company. The original Atari, Inc. was Californian. The current company is French. However, the name comes from a Japanese board game that the founders played.
9wKWB TIL Dr. August Bier, a German physician, pioneered spinal anesthesia using cocaine injections. To test its numbing effects, Bier injected cocaine into his assistant’s spine, beat his legs with hammers, pulled his testicles, drove a needle into his femur, and even ripped out his pubic hair.
kJGye TIL the Nuremberg Trials executioner lied to the US Military about his prior experience. He botched a number of hangings prior to Nuremberg. The Nuremberg criminals had their faces battered bloody against the too-small trapdoor and were hung from short ropes, with many taking over 10 minutes to die.