› added 3 years ago

97

TIL that in the United States Robertson screws are not widely used. Apparently Henry Ford couldn’t make an exclusive deal with Robertson, instead made one with Phillips, and the rest is history. Phillips are still the most popular screw heads in the US despite their inferior design.

Read more howstuffcompares.com

via reddit.com

ko1 TIL that, in 1958, an economic campaign to modernize China resulted in the deaths by starvation of +18 million people. During this time, China was actively exporting food to Africa and refusing any foreign food aid.
Oy7a TIL CPR only has an 8% effectiveness. However, many believe it is much more effective because on TV it has a 75% effectiveness and 67& of the characters who had been given CPR lived to leave the hospital.
Zv6p TIL that an Australian tree can drop 22 pounds(10kG) heavy cones without warning
loarN TIL that Chumash hunters would dress like deer and graze alongside their prey until they were close enough to fire an arrow
vWXx TIL Creed Bratton from The Office is played by the real life Creed Bratton, former member of the 1960s band The Grass Roots