TheMadhopper OP t1_jamvjn3 wrote on March 2, 2023 at 3:56 PM

Reply to TIL Crabs will capture and eat baby Sea Turtles after they hatch. by TheMadhopper

It's a rough life for a baby sea turtle as only about 1 in 1000 turtles make it to adulthood. But if they do make it they can usually live between 50 -100 years.

TheMadhopper OP t1_j5zirxn wrote on January 26, 2023 at 5:31 PM

Reply to TIL about Wenceslao Moguel (nicknamed "The executed one"), a Mexican soldier under Pancho Villa who was sentenced to death after being captured but survived the execution by firing squad after being shot 8 times, and then once in the head as a coup de grâce. by TheMadhopper

El Fusilado (Spanish: "The Executed One") survived the execution but was left permanently scared. He was later featured on Ripleys Believe it or Not radio show in 1937

TheMadhopper OP t1_j2en15y wrote on December 31, 2022 at 6:21 PM

Reply to TIL Pope Benedict XVI at 95 was the longest lived Pope in History. by TheMadhopper

"Benedict became the longest-lived pope on 4 September 2020 at 93 years, 4 months, 16 days, surpassing the age of Pope Leo XIII."