› added 7 years ago

279

TIL that the word "mortgage" literally means "death-pledge" in French

Read more businessinsider.com

via reddit.com

0wolp TIL that a fertilizer explosion at an Oppau, Germany plant in 1921 was so powerful that it destroyed all the medieval stained-glass windows of Worms cathedral, 15 km away
x6bgD TIL that during the Jonestown Massacre, many of the 900 cult followers refused to drink or administer the poisoned Flavoure-Aid to their children. And so they were just killed. Either shot in the head or poisoned by being injected with the cyanide.
0w7Vv TIL The famous Gauss electric flux theorem was modified in 2011 to include the charge on the Gaussian surface. It is now called Generalized Gauss's Theorem
gr5YD TIL Apple had a mysterious zeroclick exploit affecting many of its products that went undetected for 4 years. When it was discovered it was largely unreported by the media
6EDGY TIL about Yola, a language that developed from Middle English and was spoken in Wexford (Ireland). It went extinct in the 19th century and contained elements from Norman French, Welsh and Flemish.