› added 10 months ago

61

TIL in Iraq in 2012 over 14 teens were stoned to death for being emo

Read more reuters.com

via reddit.com

MN8 TIL Ed, Edd n Eddy is Cartoon Network’s longest running series, running for almost 11 years.
OGgZ6 TIL In 2018, the president of Turkmenistan ordered the impounding of all dark-colored vehicles in the capital, and the car owners were told they must pay to have them repainted silver or white, because the-then president loved the color white & considered it to be lucky.
VMv0 TIL McDonalds only reintroduces the McRib when pork prices are low.
W7e8o TIL in 1942, the US War Production Board ordered California’s entire wine grape crop to be made into raisins instead (for their value as non-perishable snacks)
x64Eg TIL in 2019 an intern unearthed a 2,000-yr-old silver Roman dagger (still in its sheath) in the grave of a soldier at an archaeological site in Germany. It was nearly unrecognizable due to centuries of corrosion, but a 9-month restoration revealed a "spectacularly ornamented" 13-inch blade & sheath.