› added 3 weeks ago

TIL that there is a cafe in Christchurch, NZ, that delivers food from the kitchen to customers in pneumatic tubes.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

8amlX TIL Prince played Purple Rain for Journey because, "I don't want you to sue me."
1aY0X TIL of China's Old Summer Palace, a complex of palaces 8x the size of the Vatican. Deemed the pinnacle of Chinese gardens, it also contains exquisite artworks and many historical treasures. In 1860, the British sacked and looted the Palace for 3 days, turning it into its current state of ruination.
xV8OB TIL in 1960 a Russian man with a bomb tried to hijack Trans Australia Airlines Flight 408. The co-pilot punched him in the face and ripped the wires off the bomb saving everyone on board.
4Xx95 TIL Charlie Hebdo fired it's long time cartoonist for anti-Semitism. When asked to apologise he replied, "I'd rather cut my own balls off."
BraMk TIL a company in Maine was sued for $10 million because they did not use an Oxford Comma in their workers’ contracts