30 Unknown Random Facts That Are Worth A Read | Random List #159

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26Counting system

Counting system

The reason we have 60 seconds in a minute, 60 minutes in an hour and 360 degrees in a circle is because the Sumerians used a counting system with a base 60, which was then passed on to the Babylonians.


27. ‘The Bloody Benders’ were America’s first serial killer family. They are known to have killed 11 people between 1868 and 1872, luring each of them into their hotel in Cherryvale, Kansas. They disappeared before their crimes were discovered and were never seen again.


28. Hatuey was an anti-colonial revolutionary in Cuba during the 16th century. Upon being captured by the Spaniards he was sentenced to be burned. Before being burned a priest offered to baptize him so he may go to heaven. To this, he said, "If the Spaniards go to this heaven, I don't want to go."


29. Around 200,000 tonnes of rock was removed to build the ancient Indian temple called Kailasa. This megalith was carved out of one single rock. Carvers started at the top of the original rock and excavated downward.


30. Although it is commonly shown in medical dramas, you do not shock someone with a flatline. You only use defibrillators on people with ventricular fibrillation, and pulseless ventricular tachycardia (heart beats out of rhythm or heartbeats that are really fast and out of sync).

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