garfaagel to Today I learned@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years 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-square0linkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down10
arrow-up15arrow-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 to Today I learned@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square0linkfedilink
