› added 6 years ago

85

TIL that a "moment" is a medieval unit of time equivalent to about 90 seconds today.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

Z8aWo TIL A Writer for Futurama Created a New Math Theorem To Explain One of the Show's Plot Twists
Br5MK TIL that the story about Saint Patrick driving snakes out of Ireland is really an allegory about him driving the druids, essentially the Celtic philosophers and religious leaders, out of Ireland.
GanE TIL the tallest tree in the world, the largest tree in the world (by volume) and the oldest tree in the world (non-clonal) are all in California.
YpZ0W TIL Psychogenic death is real. It isn't suicide, it isn't linked to depression, but the act of giving up on life and dying usually within days, is a very real condition often linked to severe trauma. People die because they have given up and feel life has beaten them and defeat is inescapable.
61El TIL Romania had the unusual distinction of being at war with both the Allied and Axis powers simultaneously in August-September of 1944.