› added 6 years ago

37

TIL A Swedish sailor shipwrecked on an island inhabited by cannibals. He was captured and taken to a local king, whose daughter fell in love with him. He married, had nine children with her, and became the king after his father-in-law.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

8aOwb TIL: Africa has a "stonehenge" older than Stonehenge. Built "to mark the summer solstice and the arrival of the monsoons," Nabta Playa, "the oldest stone circle in the world" is among "Earth’s oldest astronomical" observatories. Over 7000 years old, it was found mostly-buried in sand in the 1970s.
Ag84 TIL in Canada apologizing for something cannot be used against you in court as an admission of guilt thanks to the Apology Act.
6D1m TIL it costs between 35,000-80,000 US dollars to climb Mount Everest. The permit alone costs 11,000 dollars.
mxm4O TIL only eight different countries have ever won the World Cup
0jVp TIL Antarctica has a fire department. It’s needed because Antarctica is dry, windy, not much water to put out a fire, and death for people without shelter.