› added 3 weeks ago

7

TIL Sweden has the largest Mandaean population in the world. Mandaeans are the last major Gnostic faith; so given Sweden’s high Mandaean population and low general population, Sweden is the most Gnostic country on Earth.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

oAxE TIL that Hugh Thompson, Jr. saw US soldiers murdering entire villages of unarmed civilians. He landed his helicopter and stood between the murders and the civilians. His actions are what stopped the massacre at My Lai.
YbQB TIL Franklin Pierce, the 14th President of the United States, has been the only president to date who affirmed (in law) rather than swore to the oath of office
e0gaD TIL Halley's comet was depicted in the famous 11th century Bayeux Tapestry which recounts the story of Duke William the Bastard conquering England in 1066.
QgDM TIL In the movie Scott Pilgrim VS The World, Edgar Wright wanted to use music from Legend of Zelda. To get permission to use the music, Edgar Wright sent a clip of the film and wrote a letter to Nintendo that described the music as “like nursery rhymes to a generation.”
Meokb TIL that in its early days, football was primarily played in colleges and was extremely violent due to the rugby style nature of the rules. It was so violent that in 1905 alone, there were 19 fatalities that US President Teddy Roosevelt threatened to shut down the sport unless changes were made.