› added 7 years ago

146

TIL the Battle of the Eclipse, the last battle in a 6 year war between the Medes and the Lydians in 6th century BC, came to a sudden halt when a solar eclipse turned day into night. Both armies halted fighting and reached a peace agreement.

Read more wikipedia.org

via ift.tt

VMkPD TIL that 10% of ancient tools uncovered are designed for being left-handed, indicating that in the last 10,000 years the proportion of the population that is left-handed has remained consistent at 10%.
Xyv6 TIL that the term “Gaslighting” comes from a 1938 stage play called Gas Light in which a husband tries to make his wife think she’s going insane through mental manipulation
4Xar6 TIL that, during the 1813–1814 Malta plague epidemic, concealing infection and moving between districts were made capital offenses
D1VRD TIL it costs $2-3 million + to build a mile of road
rRxrx TIL of Keith Moon, drummer for The Who and notorious for his destructive behavior. While headed to the airport with his band, he asked to be taken back to the hotel saying “Oh my God, I forgot something”. After launching the tv out the hotel room window, he came back saying “Phew, I nearly forgot!”