› added 7 years ago

606

TIL California still has a large oil industry right in major cities like LA, but disguises the sites to look like office buildings.

Read more theatlantic.com

via ift.tt

pYReb TIL that Usain bolt went on a trial with Australian a league football club Central Coast Mariners in order to try and become a professional footballer
4XElw TIL that some hotel towels have RFID microchips sewn into them to know if you stole them
ZpGYp TIL chemist Sherwood Rowland won the Nobel Prize for discovering that CFCs damage the ozone, which shields Earth from UV radiation. His work led to the Montreal Protocol, a global treaty to phase out CFCs, helping heal the ozone.
a84QJ TIL after a serious accident that left him with a permanent injury, Emperor Maximilian I became mordibly depressed in his later year. For the last four years of his life, he wouldn't travel anywhere without his coffin
DbVJ TIL Nelson Mandela phoned Richard Branson asking for Bransons help as a large health club chain needed rescuing or thousands of jobs would be lost. Today, Virgin Active South Africa has 133 locations. More clubs than any other country.