› added 3 years ago

86

TIL Punishment by whipping-post remained on the books in Delaware until 1972, when it became the last state to abolish it.

Read more delawaretoday.com

via reddit.com

xXvw TIL that “shhh” works for quieting and comforting people because it replicates the sound heard by a fetus of blood going by its ear while it’s in the womb.
D18jg TIL Apollo 12 was hit by lightning twice within a minute of launch, knocking out the command module instruments, lighting up nearly every warning light on the control panel and garbling the telemetry to mission control. Earlier training simulating such a failure allowed them to restore power.
a5rZ TIL that the various parties claiming credit for the “COEXIST” logo have been locked in a bitter legal dispute over trademarks and credits for 14 years and are literally not speaking to each other.
YpAwx TIL About Malcolm Myatt who in 2013 had a stroke and due to damage to his frontal lobe lost the ability to feel sad.
DQx7J TIL about the Varangian Guard. It was an elite military unit composed of Vikings and some Anglo-Saxons who were recruited to serve as the personal bodyguards of the Byzantine emperors. The Byzantines exclusively hired foreigners as they lacked any political allegiance.