› added 11 years ago

85

TIL Activia was sued for falsely claiming to be a health food.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

oBl9R TIL - Thailand is currently ruled by a military junta, they’ve had, on average, a coup d’état every seven years since 1932
x69a0 TIL that chicken nuggets were originally known as "Chicken Crispies" by Robert C. Baker, the food scientist that invented them.
neZyd TIL about "Aztec Cheese", a fast growing algae, was responsible for the protein needs of the 1.5 million residents of the Lake Texcoco region. Today, it is known as the super food "Spirulina" and is sold in tablet form.
JyMj TIL old NYC subway cars are dumped into the Atlantic Ocean to help build an artifical reef to serve as a habitat for marine life.
4Xkx6 TIL that the first smartphone, an IBM prototype codenamed Angler, debuted in 1992--three years before the word 'smartphone' was invented. It sent emails, ran apps, and had a working touch screen.