Electric_Evil
Electric_Evil t1_jddzq8h wrote
Reply to TIL that the Hemlock Water Dropwort is the most poisonous plant in the UK. Its poison constricts the muscles, causing death by asphyxia, which also causes a rictus like death grin. Use of this plant in Phoenician Sardinia for executions is the origin of the term "Sardonic Grin". by AspireAgain
"I was thinking of the immortal words of Socrates when he said...I drank what?"
Electric_Evil t1_j1yunq9 wrote
Reply to comment by tomen in It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963) is a great comedy classic. Any others similar to it? by gulgotcj
It's a race!
Electric_Evil t1_itor1n9 wrote
Reply to Archaeologists have found the 17th-century warship Applet: Maritime experts believe wreck is sister-ship of Vasa, which sank off Stockholm in 1629 by MeatballDom
So can we raise this one and put it on display next to the Vasa?
Electric_Evil t1_je80uhu wrote
Reply to TIL that tularemia is an infectious disease that can be contracted by “inhaling particles from an infected rabbit ground up [by] a lawnmower”. by krisalyssa
As if i didn't have enough to worry about, now there's the chance of contacting a horrible disease after accidently slaughtering bunnies while mowing the grass. So thanks for that.