› added 10 years ago

87

TIL that two barber’s poles next to each other spinning in opposite directions are used to signify a brothel in Korea

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

x6AnB TIL that Christopher Walken Used To Work As A Lion Tamer
awx9Z TIL about 'Dead cat bounce', a Wall Street saying that "even a dead cat will bounce if it falls from a great height", referring to a small rebound during or after a stock market crash
46Jg TIL on 18/04/1930 on the BBC News the news was that there was no news.
9wJNM TIL the Panathenaic Stadium, built in 330BC, is the only stadium made entirely of marble, was excavated and used in the 1896 Olympics, and and is still used for events today. Its record attendance of 80,000 was for a basketball game in 1968.
5Yv48 TIL that James Brown starred in a video explaining the use of the Blower Door Test; a test used to evaluate the airtightness of a building