› added 4 years ago

255

TIL that a large part of the hanging gardens of Babylon were destroyed in order to build a parking lot and helicopter landing zone

Read more theguardian.com

via reddit.com

odeR TIL in the 1800s it was common practice for museums to fix sculptures that had broken-off noses by creating & attaching a plaster replica. Today, Copenhagen’s Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek museum removed over 100 plaster noses, to give their sculptures a more pure look, & put them on display as a Nasothek.
R50kl TIL: There was a cricket match in 1939 between England and South Africa which lasted 12 days, it is affectionately referred to as the "Timeless Test"
Qwvp TIL the largest salmon caught in Iceland in 2016 was caught by Eric Clapton. He took a quick picture and released it back into the river.
jZwn TIL they finally finished burying the British Empire’s First World War dead in 1938. One year later, the Second World War would begin.
4Nnw TIL the first documented case of cancer dates back to Ancient Egypt, in 1500 B.C.