› added 7 years ago

467

TIL “obsession” used to refer to being controlled by demons outside your body (whereas possession was being controlled by demons inside the body)

Read more encyclopedia.com

via ift.tt

Oov0L TIL by share of population, the largest empire was the Achaemenid Empire, better known as the Persian Empire, which accounted for approximately 49.4 million of the world’s 112.4 million people in around 480 BC
EjDV TIL “Live from New York, it’s Saturday Night!” is the cold open for SNL because the original title of the show was “NBC’s Saturday Night” with no “live” in the name.
nWVXB TIL people used to carve turnips for Halloween, not pumpkins
OPn1 TIL that the urge to jump from high places is called “L’appel du vide” which translates to “call of the void.”
DQkv TIL In 2008 Buster Posey of the San Francisco Giants, while playing for Florida State University, once played all nine positions in a game. During that game, he struck out the two batters he faced and hit a grand slam.