› added 4 years ago

63

TIL that Pre-Columbian cultures, in particular Mesoamerican and South American cultures practiced Human Sacrifice. While the exact ideologies behind Child sacrifice are unknown but it is often thought to have been performed in order to placate certain gods.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

QXvp TIL the term ‘typo’ has been used for typographical errors since 1892
vP1Ej TIL of Serge Voronoff, a French surgeon that was known as the "monkey gland man". He claimed to rejuvenate his patients, transplanting the testicles of executed criminals into millionaires, turning to using monkey testicles when supplies ran low. Over 500 men were treated with his technique.
jBQv TIL an 8ft. LEGO man labeled ‘No Real Than You Are’ washed up on a Dutch beach in 2007. Origins remain unknown.
R6G7 TIL there used to be 8 ft. tall 300lb carnivorous flightless birds in North and South America known colloquially as Terror Birds
yVvew TIL that, during the 1950s, Las Vegas earned the nickname "Atomic City" for becoming a hotspot where tourists would gather to watch above-ground nuclear weapons tests taking place at Nevada Test Site