› added 1 year ago

89

TIL: That during 1830 - 1900, there was a fad for women who wanted to lose weight, the Tapeworm diet.

Read more atlasobscura.com

via reddit.com

5YdQD TIL that when dinner forks were introduced to Europe in the late Middle Ages, they were considered to be a tool of the Devil and were thus banned by the Catholic Church
OGyAY TIL 1 month is NOT equal to 4 weeks
94xr TIL that humans use to run their prey to death, called persistence hunting.
vPv8B TIL about the Battle of Crysler’s Farm where a British-Canadian force managed to hold off an American army nearly 10x their size.
woZjM TIL the Dalai Lama carries a high-end Swiss pocket watch, which was a gift sent to him by Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1943.