› added 1 year ago

151

TIL The first beer brewers were women. Beer is thought to have been invented by the Sumerians, who lived in what is now Iraq, around 8,000 BC and ancient tablets have been unearthed showing the original brewers were women. The Sumerians even had a goddess of beer, Ninkasi.

Read more bbc.com

via reddit.com

R5REw TIL about William Sitgreaves Cox a junior officer aboard the USS Chesapeake who was court martialed for leaving his command when he assisted his wounded captain below decks. Since all other senior officers were wounded, he had become the commanding officer by default, unbeknownst to him.
N79eE TIL that the ancient Incas performed skillful brain surgery with a roughly 80% success rate. In comparison, 500+ years later, Civil War doctors only had a success rate of 50%
5VOnQ TIL About a mysterious sonar ping discovered near the titanic and that has been recently discovered to be a volcanic reef abundant in life
l71PN Today I Learned How To Build A Natural Shelter
Zy8o TIL the White House functions like a luxury hotel and at the end of each month, the President receives a bill for his food and incidental expenses