› added 4 years ago

238

TIL That Jellyfish Can Shut Down Nuclear Reactors

Read more nationalgeographic.com

via reddit.com

BroJd TIL in 1857, a woman named Hannah Crafts escaped her owner by dressing up as a man and pretending to be white. She later wrote a book called The Bondwoman's Narrative, but didn't publish it. It was found years later in a New Jersey attic and was finally authenticated and published in 2002.
mxApv TIL There are 41 countries that recognize sign language as an official language
j6JQQ TIL Winston Churchill said, "If Hitler invaded Hell, I would make at least a favourable reference to the Devil in the House of Commons."
nA09 TIL Galileo Galilei was finally charged and convicted by the Church more likely for ridiculing the Pope than for his heliocentrism viewpoint
lo9LK TIL that on December 23rd 1953 Lavrentiy Beria (Head of the U.S.S.R.'s N.K.V.D.) begged on his knees for mercy before being executed. His fate was similar to that of his predecessor, Nikolai Yezhov, whom Beria is rumored to have strangled.