› added 5 years ago

143

TIL about English Sweating Sickness, an epidemic in the 15th and 16th centuries that caused chills for a few hours, then profuse sweating for a few hours, then death within 24 hours of symptoms first appearing. The cause still isn't known.

Read more historytoday.com

via reddit.com

R1Xl TIL James Cameron was stricken with food poisoning and during his illness, Cameron had a nightmare about an invincible robot hitman sent from the future to kill him, giving him the idea for The Terminator, which later catapulted his film career.
4V4a TIL in 2007 a man bled green blood
yQ4Rv TIL That Boeing uses potatoes to test their in-flight Wi-Fi, as they reflect and absorb the signals similarly to people. The project is called Synthetic Personnel Using Dialectic Substitution- or SPUDS.
0wL6M TIL Audie Murphy, the most decorated American soldier of World War II, suffered from battle fatigue for the rest of his life. He endured chronic insomnia and recurring nightmares, and kept a loaded pistol under his pillow. He eventually took to sleeping alone in his garage with the lights on.
69mgw TIL Washington DC wasn't built on a swamp