› added 6 years ago

161

TIL in December 1982, when Paul Allen was sick with cancer, he overheard Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer discussing his lack of contributions and how to dilute his equity by offering stock options to other employees and shareholders. Allen confronted them and quit a little bit later.

Read more businessinsider.com

via reddit.com

XENXE TIL at 18 years old Qudsia Begum gave a speech at her husband's funeral convincing the male claimants to acknowledge her daughter as heir to Bhopal and herself as regent, starting a female Islamic dynasty in Bhopal that lasted 107 years
5o0k TIL: The majority of child abuse perpetrators are women.
16AAP TIL that the origin of 6 of the 7 musical notes (do re mi fa sol la) were inspired by the first syllable of each line of the Latin hymn "Hymn to St. John the Baptist"
LBQv TIL that in Alabama, people say “TGFM”, Thank God for Mississippi. It is a reference to the fact that, although Alabama has many problems, it’s neighboring state is worse off.
jGLE TIL there’s a company that specializes in making hidden rooms for your home. One requires a chess board played in a certain combination to unlock.