› added 11 years ago

105

TIL That the act of creating a company for the sole purpose of suing other companies for patent violation of patents you own, is patented.

Read more freepatentsonline.com

via reddit.com

WgOo TIL that astronaut helmets have a patch of Velcro inside of them so astronauts have a way to scratch their noses.
6EORY TIL Hernán Cortés arrived in the New World in 1519 with six hundred men and, upon arrival, made history by destroying his ships. This sent a clear message to his men: There is no turning back. His men would have to conquer or die. Two years later, he succeeded in his conquest of the Aztec empire.
O6e4 TIL In his music, Bach often incorporated a succession of notes which in German musical nomenclature reads B A C H.
R5dP8 TIL: About Philly Mignon, an album by jazz drummer Philly Joe Jones released in 1977.
x0Zw TIL that Bob Lambert, an undercover cop, married and fathered a child with an animal rights activist in order to infiltrate the animal rights movement despite being already married and having a child.