› added 1 year ago

170

TIL of the Baltic Sea Anomaly which is an unexplained item found within the Baltic Sea by divers in 2011 and it remains a mystery.

Read more youtube.com

via reddit.com

N7Mme TIL The Voyager's "Golden Record" (an explanation of humanity for aliens) deliberately omits any mentions of religion, war or poverty.
jNZZv TIL American artist Chris Burden Had himself shot in the arm by a friend, as a part of a performance art piece called "Shoot"(1971) and when questioned about the work on BBC in 2012, he said "I had an intuitive sense that being shot is as American as apple pie".
BrwGe TIL the Croissant, far from being a French invention, is actually Austrian.
N74M1 TIL Benjamin Franklin had an abusive older brother who forced him to sign an indenture until he was 21 in Boston. His brother was abusive partly because Benjamin showed talent. At age 17, he ran away penniless to Philadelphia, gained connections and jump-started his political career.
BVMe TIL that the antonym of cleave is cleave