garfaagel@sh.itjust.works to Today I learned@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoTIL that in the 19th century some people were buried with "coffin torpedoes", explosive devices intended to deter body-snatchers that dug up the body to sell to medical schools for anatomy study.www.atlasobscura.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down11
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkTIL that in the 19th century some people were buried with "coffin torpedoes", explosive devices intended to deter body-snatchers that dug up the body to sell to medical schools for anatomy study.www.atlasobscura.comgarfaagel@sh.itjust.works to Today I learned@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square0fedilink
