› added 7 months ago

23

TIL that the painting called "Beauty Revealed", executed by Sarah Goodridge in 1828 and displaying her very own breasts, could be the first nude in history before it was even a thing. It was actually sent to her lover Daniel Webster but he married another woman while keeping the painting.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

dMPQ TIL women find men with stubble most attractive
NXjnE TIL after winning 4 Stanley Cups with the Edmonton Oilers in the first 9 years of his career, Wayne Gretzky moved to the US and played 11 more seasons with 3 different teams without winning the Cup again
awLZM TIL A man complained of symptoms and admitted to taking VitD supplement purported to contain 1600 IU. Analysis revealed that each capsule contained a significantly higher amount (186,400 IU). An error in labeling made the patient consume 10 capsules p/d thus consuming 1,864,000 IU daily for 2 months
Ypodd TIL that Mt. Washington in New Hampshire claims to have "the world's worst weather," averaging 110 days per year with hurricane-force winds and the record for wind speed not associated with a tornado or tropical cyclone (231 mph)
d8Km8 TIL Oskar Dirlewanger was a Nazi officer so sadistic that other SS units avoided interacting with him. He's been accused of child molestation and necrophilia, and was beaten to death by guards while in Allied custody