› added 9 years ago

304

TIL that before the theft of the Mona Lisa in 1911, the painting was so unknown that the Washington Post used the wrong image of the painting in their article reporting the theft

Read more reellifewithjane.com

via reddit.com

VM8WB TIL that a Brownie or Broonie (Scots), also known as a brùnaidh or gruagach (Scottish Gaelic), is a household spirit from Scottish folklore that is said to come out at night while the owners of the house are asleep and perform various chores and farming tasks.
P7JZ TIL the Tupac “hologram” was actually just the same sixteenth century magic trick Disneyland has used in The Haunted Mansion for over 50 years.
699wm TIL the small and exquisite Shropshire sun pendant looks like art deco, but this gold treasure is in fact 3,000 years old, from a time when it was assumed the local Britons were living in huts or caves
VBnlk TIL Egypt isn't the country with the most Pyramids in the world. It's Sudan with 220 Pyramids(almost twice of Egypt which is ~118)
MrZ7 TIL there is a type of hysteria that affects people living in the Arctic, called pibloktoq. The affected person usually shouts unintelligibly, tears off their clothes and runs around naked – despite frigid temperatures – before collapsing, sleeping, and then recovering.