› added 1 month ago

7

TIL that in 2007, hunters found in a bowhead whale a 90 mm head of an explosive bomb lance of a model manufactured between 1879 and 1885, allowing to estimate the animal's age at between 115 and 130 years.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

YpE6Z TIL that Pre-Columbian cultures, in particular Mesoamerican and South American cultures practiced Human Sacrifice. While the exact ideologies behind Child sacrifice are unknown but it is often thought to have been performed in order to placate certain gods.
VwL4 TIL that a Finnish sniper had over 705 confirmed kills. 505 of which were from his Mosin Nagant rifle, which he used only his iron sights. The rest of the kills were from his submachine gun.
N7DeP TIL that the reason cats were worshipped in Ancient Egypt is because they could protect people from rats and scorpions, among other pests.
8eM18 TIL, Tupac and Michael Jackson almost collaborated on a song but it fell through when Jackson failed to show up to the studio session
pYGDZ TIL about Matthew Hopkins, believed responsible for the executions of 100+ “witches” in 1644–1646