› added 2 months ago

8

TIL that Dirk Willems, a 16th-century Dutch Anabaptist, escaped prison but turned back to save the guard chasing him who fell through ice—an act of mercy that led to his recapture and execution.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

vNP8 TIL A homeless woman in Tokyo stowed away in the cupboard of a stranger’s apartment, where she lived undetected for a year. She came out to eat food from the fridge and use the bathroom when the owner went out.
gJL4 TIL that Stephen King was recognised by an Old Lady in a store who criticised him for writing scary stories. Saying She preferred uplifting stories like The Shawshank Redemption. Completely unaware it was based on his short story.
BgMdD TIL Artist named William Utermohlen was diagnosed with Alzheimer's in 1995, but he continued to make art for the last few years of his life to document the progression of the disease. The progression is so starkly apparent in these that collages of his self-portraits later became NIGHTMARE FUEL meme
BgQYW TIL: In 2022, a pair of trousers belonging to a 17th century court dwarf was sold for £10k. It belonged to Sir Jeffrey Hudson or as he was known "Lord Minimus", a favored dwarf who was enslaved and presented to the queen in a pie. He was later banished for killing a man in a duel.
mx5jp TIL that lemons, limes and most of the other citrus fruits we eat do not occur naturally in the wild - they are the result of generations of interbreeding between various combinations of the four "original" citrus fruits