WTF?! (Strange But True Facts)

Herman Melville wrote Moby Dick in 1851. Incredibly, there are whales alive today who were born decades before the book was written.

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Many of the bowhead whales, found in the arctic waters off Alaska, are over 200 years old.
 
The classic story Moby-Dick is partially inspired by real events. White whales have been sighted several times by whalers, some being very aggressive. A non-white whale sank a whaling ship called the Essex, the survivors were forced to turn to cannibalism to survive the long trip to land.
 
Garm said:
The classic story Moby-Dick is partially inspired by real events. White whales have been sighted several times by whalers, some being very aggressive. A non-white whale sank a whaling ship called the Essex, the survivors were forced to turn to cannibalism to survive the long trip to land.
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Partially inspired by true events, indeed! In fact, Melville worked for a time as a whaler, drawing on that experience for much of the technical aspects of the book.

Also, because I'm a book nerd lol, while most people are familiar with Moby Dick, it was his first book that I think was his masterpiece (purely subjective opinion, obviously.) But Typee is supremely well written, especially for a young, first time author.
 
Common advice given for bear encounters is to lay on the ground and play dead while covering your nape with your hands and shielding your face with your elbows. This is generally good advice for Brown/Grizzly bears but not for black bears, as they don't fall for this trick. Luckily black bears are less aggressive than Grizzly bears but if they should become aggressive towards you don't play dead. This can get complicated because some black bears are brown and live in the same areas as grizzly bears. If you are playing dead and the bear starts roughing you up, just endure it. If it starts licking you, fight back cause he's preparing to eat you. A more detailed bear survival guide: https://www.wikihow.com/Survive-a-Bear-Attack
 
Adolf H.itler's nephew, William H.itler (the son of Adolf's brother Alois), wrote an article titled "Why I Hate My Uncle," and immigrated to the United States in 1939. He then joined the U.S. Navy and served his new country proudly during WWII. He eventually changed his last name and settled on Long Island, NY, where he lived until his death in 1987.
 
Lakeside said:
Contraception in the 17th century.

Women of his time who did not wish to conceive would "anoint that part of the womb on which the seed falls with oil of cedar, ointment of lead and frankincense commingled with olive oil."

If you didn't die in child-birth, the lead poisoning would get you.

Ls x

https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/17th-century-brothel-in-nicholas-goodmans-hollands-leaguer

https://pasttenseblog.wordpress.com...ide-brothel-resists-siege-by-constables-1632/
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Ancient Egyptians also used crocodile dung as contraceptive
 
The Australian military fought a war against Emus and lost in 1932. Thousands of the giant birds were threatening farmland; after pleas by the farmers the Australian military was mobilized with machineguns to cull their numbers. In the words of one scientist:
The machine-gunners' dreams of point blank fire into serried masses of Emus were soon dissipated. The Emu command had evidently ordered guerrilla tactics, and its unwieldy army soon split up into innumerable small units that made use of the military equipment uneconomic. A crestfallen field force therefore withdrew from the combat area after about a month.
A bounty system proved much more effective in later years, followed by fencing.
 
Everyone knows that Stan Lee always appears in Marvel films; but that is also in his contract. He must always appear in a film based on one of his characters

He also once talked to Playboy about a comic featuring characters like "High Priestess Clitanna" and "Lord Peckerton"
 
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