› added 1 month ago

5

TIL about a woman who asked to be tortured and killed for sexual gratification

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

4XOMX TIL that around 200,000 tonnes of rock were removed to build the ancient Indian temple called Kailasa. A megalith carved out of one single rock. Carvers started at the top of the original rock and excavated downward.
DQKbe TIL taking drugs for heartburn can cause a person to develop allergies
oBX8L TIL people would come and go during movies before Psycho. Hitchcock required theaters to not allow people in after it started. It was after that when people would watch entire movies more regularly from start to end
e0vm4 TIL that the Guinness Book of World Record for longest marriage is 86 years
v1oPx TIL that MLK day wasn't officially celebrated by all 50 states until 2000 even though it's been a federal holiday since 1983.