› added 11 years ago

153

TIL if you wash yourself within ten minutes of touching poison ivy, you can avoid a reaction

Read more mayoclinic.org

via reddit.com

1apMP TIL that unlike forks, spoons generally don't create sparks in the microwave because of their shape
LkvLV TIL that in 2017, a German prison was forced to feed inmates McDonald's after a food supply contract fell through.
x6JWD TIL that Jesse Owens stayed at the same hotel as his white compatriots during the 1936 Olympics held under the Nazi regime, something he could not have done at the time at his native US
woAR8 TIL in 1991, AT&T, which stands for American Telephone & Telegraph, decided to drop its telegraph service due to low demand which was caused by faxes, electronic mail, and digital data transmission.
g64b TIL there really is/was a meth cook named Walter White