› added 1 year ago

42

TIL that Microsoft skipped version 13 of Microsoft Office due to concerns about triskaidekaphobia (fear of the number 13).

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

Me0dV TIL Some fundamentalist members of the Mormon faith believe Bigfoot is Cain from the Bible, damned to walk the Earth forever as a ferocious beast as punishment for killing his brother Abel.
bydp TIL that rice alone provides more than 1/5 of all the calories consumed by humans.
NA0P TIL up until 1974, banks could refuse to issue a credit card to a woman unless she was married and her husband co-signed for the card. A divorced woman was considered too much of a risk because she “couldn’t keep a marriage under control.”
rNKDe TIL Sony's high-end microphones & headphones for professional use are produced at a designated special subsidiary at which 67% of employees have a disability.
gDbL TIL that the origins of driving on the left side go back to Medieval England where Knights would ride their horses on the left side of the road so if they encountered an enemy their sword hand would be on the correct side - nearly all countries that drive on the left now were once English colonies