› added 3 months ago

12

TIL that the village of Capernaum, which was allegedly the base for Jesus' ministry in Galilee, has been a ruin since the 11th century, and is today abandoned except for a Greek Orthodox Church built in 1931.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

e0vGg TIL that helium isn’t the only gas capable of changing the sound of your voice. Sulfur hexaflouride makes your voice deeper!
Wkgo4 TIL a 2011 blind study showed that people overwhelming prefer "professional" abstract art over similar art created by toddlers. Participants even preferred the professional paintings when they were labelled as being painted by a child.
0dXVy TIL There are consumers who are known as Harbingers of Failure. They have a knack for buying products that turn out to be market flops. "when the harbingers buy a product at least three times, it’s really bad news: The probability of success for that product drops 56 percent."
Bgywk TIL that fingerprint analysis relies on human judgment. Computer databases can identify potential fingerprint matches, but it's up to trained fingerprint examiners to determine if a match is accurate, and examiners can come to different conclusions.
QBRe TIL Nearly half the gold ever mined has come from one place: Witwatersrand, South Africa.