› added 4 years ago

76

TIL about King Tut's dagger, which was found in his tomb and is believed to have been made from iron from a meteor. At the time of King Tut, iron smelting was rare and the iron would have been worth more than gold.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

5Ygr9 TIL about Whitter, Alaska, an entire town in one building
xVBJ0 TIL In 1953, the Canadian government relocated some of the Inuit in Northern Quebec up north to Resolute and Grise Fiord. The relocation has been described as a humanitarian gesture to save the lives of starving native people and enable them to continue a subsistence lifestyle
KO7gE TIL Before picking the name Pink Floyd, the band was known as Meggadeaths
R7Yb8 TIL British suffragettes used toffee hammers to break windows as part of their successful protests for women voting
YOkW TIL that Ulysses S. Grant’s parents did not attend his wedding because his fiancé’s family owned slaves.