› added 6 years ago

76

TIL that there are approximately 100,000 active phone booths still left in the USA

Read more slashdot.org

via reddit.com

XEmZE TIL it took the Mythbusters team two years to find a company that would make lead foil thin enough for a lead balloon.
GYyON TIL - The brain accounts for only 2% of your total body weight, but is is responsible for 20% of your energy use on average.
BgyEx TIL that PhD students display twice as many symptoms of psychiatric disorders such as depression than other people
695mm TIL there is a galaxy orbiting and crossing our own galaxy. Basically we have a dwarf galaxy in our galaxy.
m10dv TIL Red Bull’s famous slogan “Red Bull gives you wings” was changed to “Red Bull gives you wiiings” after a $13million lawsuit that accused the company of “fraudulent advertising” because the drink did not give people wings or elevated abilities of any kind.