› added 10 years ago

159

TIL: Sugar is used to stop concrete setting if it is poured by accident

Read more independent.co.uk

via reddit.com

65gQ TIL “that the life chances of a child [in the United States] are more dependent on the education and income of his parents than in any other advanced country for which there is data.” - Nobel Prize Winning Economist Joseph Stiglitz
k651 TIL that after Michael Jackson’s death, Google was so inundated with “michael jackson” search requests, they believed they were a victim of a DDoS attack, and blocked further searches for 30 minutes
vPOx8 TIL The natural history museum in Dublin, Ireland is known as ‘The Dead Zoo’
dDkr8 TIL Afro-Bolivians have their own king who is recognized by the state of Bolivia (which is a democratic presidential republic) as the leader of the Afro-Bolivian community, the current king is the descendant of a former African royal family which was brought to Bolivia as slaves.
Wk6Y8 TIL a survey by SunTrust Mortgage found that a third of millennials home owners said they were influenced by the need to have space for a dog... and their dog was the third most commonly cited reason, coming above children and marriage