› added 6 days ago

1

TIL that when the Crown Prince of Albania, Leka returned to Albania in 2022, he brought with him 11 cases of automatic weapons, grenades, and hunting arms. The authorities seized them but gave them back after being deemed items of cultural heritage.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

XEBak TIL that the ankle is the most pleasurable body spot to "scratch".
b61AN TIL of Maria Restituta Kafka, an Austrian nun who was beheaded by the Germans in WW2. She refused to remove her crucifixes from her hospital and spoke out against the ruling party's oppression. She was offered freedom if she left her convent, but she refused and was killed in 1943.
LvMZ TIL of a man who suffered a stroke and, due to brain damage, lost the ability to feel sad
yQW9X TIL Steven Soderbergh wrote & David Gordon Green planned to direct an adaptation of "A Confederacy of Dunces" starring Will Ferrell, but after it was delayed in part due to Hurricane Katrina & the murder of Louisiana's State Film Commissioner, Soderbergh pronounced the project "cursed"
5YQpR TIL Wu Tang Clan member Gza is a science nerd and has spoken at Harvard and hosted a Physics lecture at MIT