› added 10 years ago

74

TIL A city in California almost stopped the usage of Styrofoam cups because they were known to be made using “dihydrogen monoxide”, completely neglecting the fact that the substance is plain water.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

lWO1 TIL that Mark Twain blew the bulk of his book profits and his wife’s inheritance investing in the failed Paige typesetting machine, the inflation-adjusted equivalent of $8million USD, which lead him to file bankruptcy in 1894.
5j9P TIL 37% of Americans plan to work until they get too sick or die
lOnA TIL it’s possible that Arabs traded with Australia long before Europeans arrived there.
XRJ6 TIL “Kleptocracy” is a government with corrupt rulers (kleptocrats) that use their power to exploit the people and natural resources of their own territory in order to extend their personal wealth and political power.
LQOBp TIL in an effort to protect her son and daughter from falling under the sinister charms of Charles Manson, Angela Lansbury relocated her family from LA to Ireland. Describing Ireland as “free from bad influences”, she then refused work to better support their recovery from heroin addiction.