› added 4 years ago

339

TIL: Am-Phu cave in Vietnam is decorated with "hell" themes: sculpted demons "and fanged devils bathed in sinister red light, where hands reach up from the waters below and river monsters threaten to gnash (visitors') souls to bits." It's located under the mountain associated with heaven.

Read more atlasobscura.com

via reddit.com

rRRmy TIL Neil Armstrong's boots are still on the moon.
eYk5 TIL British journalist Lanre Fehintola voluntarily got addicted to Heroin in order to help him understand the lifestyle he was writing about. Last heard of him, he is still battling the addiction.
mx4dO TIL judges are less and less likely to grant parole to prisoners later in the day because of decision fatigue, best time is right after lunch break.
GRp7 TIL Mormon founder Joseph Smith purchased Egyptian papyri from a traveling mummy exhibit. His translation of the text was entirely inaccurate but Mormons still regard this text to be true and as sacred as the Bible or Book of Mormon.
EXew TIL that in ancient Greece having a second toe that is longer than the big toe was considered a standard of beauty. This condition, today known as Greek Foot, is depicted in many famous statues, such as Michelangelo’s David and the Statue of Liberty.