› added 8 years ago

291

TIL there is a light bulb in California that has been almost continuously burning since 1901, and has been cited as evidence of planned obsolescence in modern technology.

Read more wikipedia.org

via ift.tt

aOLo TIL while most Countrys moved on to use chip&pin based credit cards, the US still uses widely the outdated Magnetic Stripe card
7yrZ TIL The number of firearms deaths of police officers fell 33 percent in 2013 and was the lowest since 1887.
JDw8 TIL that JFK didn’t speak at the 1962 Seattle World’s Fair, and the debut of the Space Needle, not because of “a strong cold.” He was actually dealing with the Cuban Missile Crisis.
OGkwa TIL that "hybrid" tomatoes (Supermarket tomatoes) have up to 75% less nutrients, are virtually tasteless and cost farmers €400,000 for 1kg of seeds. The cost is associated with a bred growth defect, resulting in a 3 week shelf life (vs 3 days)
Brxwx TIL that the Pasta Napoletana at the Cheesecake Factory contains over 2,300 calories. It would take 3 hrs of non stop running at 8 mph to burn it off.