› added 1 year ago

835

TIL the world's largest human poo belonged to a Viking man in the 9th century and was on display in a British musuem. The massive turd was 20 cm in length and 5 cm in width, and was a result of the Viking man being sick as authorities found several hundred parasitic eggs in the poo.

Read more news18.com

via reddit.com

NbQN TIL that Massachusetts’s supreme court was the first to abolish slavery (in 1783), two centuries before it was the first to legalize same-sex marriage
P1KZZ TIL 13 Years after the Death of Juan Perón, Burglars Broke into his Tomb and Cut Off and Stole his Hands - the Whereabouts of the Hands Remain Unknown
AKXo TIL of a guy who drove around “talking” into cookies decorated like iPhones with the intention of getting cops to pull him over, only to eat the iPhone in front of the cop. It worked, but it backfired when he was arrested for outstanding warrants.
eplen TIL In 2018 a Purdue University study claimed $75,000 USD is the amount necessary for emotional well-being and anything over $105,000 actually decreases overall happiness.
9wQBr TIL that the first human death by a Southern Cassowary was in Australia in 1926, when the bird defeated two brothers who were trying to hunt it. The older brother was killed via his jugular vein being cut, and the younger brother was scared off after being knocked over.