5 Comments TIL that in the 17 months since Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh died, his body has not been buried. It has not been refrigerated either. by whatilearned September 19, 2022, 2:03 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
2 Comments TIL: The Norwegian army’s Kings Guard Regiment has a penguin called Sir Nils Olav as it’s appointed Colonel-in-Chief. Sir Olav lives in Edinburgh Zoo. by whatilearned August 15, 2022, 1:03 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
3 Comments TIL Freenet, the first darknet and the network often cited as the beginning of the “dark web”, was originally a thesis project by Edinburgh University student Ian Clarke. It received a B. by whatilearned July 30, 2022, 8:17 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
3 Comments TIL-In the 1800s, William Burke & William Hare realized Edinburgh University medical school paid for cadavers, so they made money by having Hare, a landlord, rent to Edinburgh’s poor community; Burke would then get them drunk and suffocate them. This killing method would come to be called “Burking.” by whatilearned June 9, 2022, 2:10 am 12 Points Upvote Downvote
TIL the most remote settlement on Earth is Edinburgh of the Seven Seas, located on the island Tristan da Cunha in the South Atlantic. The settlement nearest to it is on Saint Helena, 1350 miles away. by whatilearned July 10, 2021, 6:48 am 12 Points Upvote Downvote
TIL the oldest documented club dedicated to football in the world was the Foot-Ball Club of Edinburgh (1824- 1841), and surving records describe a match involving 39 players and “such kicking of shins” by whatilearned June 13, 2021, 11:21 am 12 Points Upvote Downvote
6 Comments TIL There is a pub in Edinburgh, Scotland, called Maggie Dicksons, named after a woman who was sentenced to hanging for causing the death of her newborn child. She somehow survived the hanging, but as she had served the courts punishment she couldn’t be prosecuted again. She lived a further 40 years by whatilearned April 20, 2021, 11:50 am 12 Points Upvote Downvote
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