In Ancient Rome, the punishment for killing one’s father (parricide) was poena cullei or “penalty of the sack.” This death penalty consisted of being sewn up in a sack along with a viper, a dog, and a cock, which was then thrown into water. – WTF Fun Facts
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WTF Fun Fact – First Right To An Education
The Mexican Constitution of 1917 was the first document in history that said every person has the right to an education. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_Mexico#Article_1
WTF Fun Fact – Secret Cave In Gibraltar
Operation Tracer was a secret backup plan in case the Axis ever captured Gibraltar during WWII. Six men would be sealed in a secret cave overlooking the harbor and report back enemy movements. There was enough supplies to last for 7 years. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Prehistory or History
History and prehistory are marked by the invention of records. Anything before written record is ‘prehistory’, any records are in ‘history’. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Buy Your Own Rifle
After initially being declined by the government, Civil War commander John .T Wilder and his soldiers took out personal loans to purchase Spencer repeating rifles at $35 each. The government eventually paid for the rifles to avoid embarrassment. – WTF Fun Facts
Dutch warship camouflaged like the jungle
The HNLMS Abraham Crijnssen is a Dutch naval warship that was stationed
in the East Indies in 1941, when the Japanese attacked. Ordered to
retreat to Australia, the crew camouflaged the ship as a jungle island
and would sail farther away each night. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HNLMS_Abraham_Crijnssen_(1936)
the ephors of sparta could fine a king and they
The ephors of Sparta could fine a king, and they did fine King Archidamus for marrying a short wife for fear she would bear him ‘kinglets’ instead of kings. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://eatouteatwell.com/a-lot-of-people-at-the-table-you-might-eat-more/
martin couney saved the lives of over 6000 premie
Martin Couney saved the lives of over 6000 premie babies by offering free care in an incubator and charging $.25 to view them at World’s Fairs and Coney Island.
– WTF Fun Facts
in the early 1960s the soviet union designed and
In the early 1960’s, the Soviet Union designed and tested the Tsar Bomba. It was 26 ft long and 8 ft in diameter – too big to fit within the bomber itself. It released 57 megatons of energy which is more than 1,500 times that of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs combined.
– WTF Fun Facts
Source: http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20170816-the-monster-atomic-bomb-that-was-too-big-to-use