› added 7 years ago

136

TIL that there are Dinosaur fossils in Antarctica.

Read more fieldmuseum.org

via reddit.com

KOpmR TIL that in the Iron Age, Yahweh was the storm-and-warrior deity of the Israelites, who lead the heavenly army against Israel's enemies. At the time, he was worshipped alongside a variety of other gods and goddesses, but over time they were merged or progressively thrown away
xVQDg TIL Woody Guthrie wrote "This Land is Your Land" to counter the song "God Bless America"
kOXe7 TIL that after Lorena Bobbit cut her husband's penis off, he went to star in a porn film directed by Ron Jeremy: 'featuring a post-surgery John Wayne Bobbit as Frankenpenis, a castrated man who had a "super penis" sewed onto him in an experiment'.
ADmBd TIL Since inmates are not allowed to possess cash there’s been a mackerel economy in federal prisons since 2004.
R5E4 TIL the torture scene with the rat in the heated pot in Game of Thrones was an actual method of torture used during the Red Terror.