› added 4 years ago

141

TIL there is a Peruvian dish called Cuy which consists of cooked Guinea Pig.

Read more thedailymeal.com

via reddit.com

JYv78 TIL Nicholas II, last Tzar of Russia, had a Japanese tattoo of a "dragon with a black body, yellow horns, a red belly and green paws.” He got it on a trip to Japan. Later he was attacked by "Sanzo, a former samurai who fought in the Satsuma Rebellion." All this before the Russo-Japanese War.
d8KrQ TIL the week of the Russian apartment bombings, 3 FSB agents were arrested for planting a live bomb in an apartment building. They were later released after the head of the FSB claimed it was an exercise.
Y7kAd Today I learned Mauritania, a country located in West Africa still practices slavery even though it was abolished in 1981 then criminalized in 2007 making it the last country to do so.
adXM TIL a man once tattooed “Netflix” on his body and after tweeting a picture to the company he received a free year of service.
D1lMe TIL that a Swedish woman found her lost wedding ring growing around a carrot in her garden after 16 years