› added 4 years ago

72

TIL when billionaire Thomas Peterffy’s father met his new wife he gave his teenage son $100 and kicked him out of the house. With his final words being “Make something of yourself”

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

ZpAQR TIL Researchers are unsure why some people develop excess keratin on the skin, causing a condition with bumpy skin. In 92% of cases it is on upper arms and it is medically harmless but cosmetically displeasing
ADjnn TIL the record for largest single Walmart transaction in history was performed by Shaquille O’Neal, only after his credit card was declined on the first attempt.
X07Qj TIL Marc-Antoine Fardin published a paper in which he cited photographs of cats in jars, baskets and salad bowls and concluded that cats have the properties of both solid and liquid objects. For this work, Fardon was awarded the Ig Nobel Prize in Physics in 2017.
yM9v TIL Benjamin Franklin designed one of the first U.S. coins and instead of “In God We Trust” it said “Mind Your Business”
DY4D TIL that in 1996 MTV nominated Nick Cave for “Best Male Artist.” He asked that they withdraw the nomination, which they did.