› added 5 years ago

200

TIL that importing horses was banned in Iceland in 982 by the Vikings. The ban has never been lifted.

Read more whatson.is

via reddit.com

ep4eD TIL that Korean footballer Ahn Jung-hwan, who scored the winning goal in South Korea's controvential victory over Italy at the 2002 World Cup, had his contract cancelled by the owner of the Italian club where he was playing at the time the day after he scored it
nWjXG TIL James Cameron once paid a $1 million ransom to help free Guillermo Del Toro’s father from kidnappers.
9j9X TIL in 1851, we had measuring tools with a precision of one millionth of an inch.
ANoA4 TIL a 3,200-year-old tablet shows that ancient Egyptians took attendance at work and recorded absences. One type of reason cited for missing work was "wife or daughter bleeding" referring to menstruation because men were needed at home during this time to help with the housework.
vN18 TIL that bees control the thickness and clarity of their honey by fanning their wings at ventilation points within the hive at varying rates to control evaporation of water.