› added 2 years ago

66

TIL that "diesel therapy" is a form of punishment used by the US prison system. Inmates are taken on excessively long journeys of days or weeks between prisons, shackled without water or AC in hot buses with poor sanitation.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

Z8eMa TIL that hill valley from back to the Future was a set used in many shows including twilight zone, to kill a mockingbird and leave it to beaver. Just to name a few.
JYvKm TIL about the Gordian Knot, a supposedly impossible knot to untie. An oracle declared that whomever opened the knot would become ruler of all Asia. Alexander the Great, unsuccessful at loosening the knot, simply sliced it in half with his sword, fulfilling the prophecy.
VMjJ0 TIL that the lion population in India, the only one outside of the Sahara, has increased 30% since 2015.
VMQZG TIL that Winnie Mandela, wife of Nelson Mandela, operated private security called the Mandela United Football Club, which was responsible for kidnappings, torture, and murder, including that of a 14 year old boy. She is said to be responsible for at least 15 deaths.
6bxw TIL a lack of toilets costs India more than $50 billion a year, mostly through premature deaths and hygiene-related diseases.