› added 1 year ago

65

TIL that Anaxagoras, an ancient Greek philosopher, was exiled for claiming the moon was just a rock, not a deity.

Read more smithsonianmag.com

via reddit.com

GYYVE TIL blowing into a vagina can cause a potentially fatal air embolism
VMMDk Is the fish's deadly rep justified?
1aWQV TIL the Portuguese man o' war isn't a singular organism; instead, it's made up of specialized individual animals of the same species
m11yM TIL that Nancy Astor, the first female Member of Parliament (UK) was an anti-Semite and Nazi sympathiser.
x68x1 Til The letters of last resort are 4 identically worded handwritten letters from the prime minister of the UK to the commanding officers of the 4 British ballistic missile submarines. They contain orders on what action to take if an enemy nuclear strike has destroyed the British government.