› added 5 years ago

141

TIL about the Loyal Wives of Weinsberg; were part of the surrender negotiation was that all women could leave with whatever they could carry and the defenders (men) would be imprisoned. The women carried their belongings and their husbands on their shoulders. Saving them from being imprisoned.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

6EAOQ TIL Between 100,000 and 200,000 people lived in Teotihuacan around 600 A.D., making it one of the world’s largest cities, filled with single- and multifloor apartment compounds. The ethnic identity of Teotihuacan’s inhabitants is not known and no writing system has been discovered there
e0QwD TIL of the existance of a group called "The Foundation to Decrease Worldsuck" who exists solely for the purpose of raising funds to be donated to other non-profit organizations.
69Wjm TIL The box that shows the score/time on screen during sports games was first used in England in 1992. The US started using it during the 1994 FIFA World Cup and it's been a fixture ever since. Before then, the score and time was only shown on screen sporadically.
kOb15 TIL In 1959 a Norwegian company delivered ice from Norway to Gabon by truck.
DEbr TIL a man was able to steal $10 million because bank employees kept an important code on a post-it on the wall.