› added 4 years ago

144

TIL that 150 meters below Naples, Sicily, there is a vast multi-level underground stretching over a half kilometer, containing WWII cars, beds, conveniences, and other war relics.

Read more bbc.com

via reddit.com

MeKvB TIL that Dan Aykroyd's family have been in the ghost business for generations, his great grandfather actually tried to contact spirits and his father wrote a book called "The History of Ghosts"
8aonP Today I Learned that there are at least 18 active gangs in the Los Angeles Sheriffs Department, with some having been in existence for over 50 years.
W7Re4 TIL that in pre-Roman Sardinia, whenever elderly people were no longer able to support themselves, they were given a neurotoxic plant called "Sardonic Herb" and then dropped from a high rock or beaten to death. The term "sardonic grin" comes from the facial expression they had after their death.
BrEYd TIL that some non-redheaded men have red beards because they have one copy of the MC1R gene. Two copies would make them fully redheads
9Y44D TIL that Eric Clapton is the only person that has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame three times. Once with the Yardbirds, once with Cream, and once as a solo artist.