› added 12 years ago

80

TIL Five Guys Burgers and Fries doesn’t advertise, relying only on word of mouth to spread word about their restaurants, despite having over 1,000 locations.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

QJgQ9 TIL that "twitchers" are committed bird-watchers who travel long distances to see new species. They have their own jargon, including "nemesis" for a bird that has eluded them despite multiple attempts to see it, and "plastic" for a bird that escaped from captivity rather than being genuinely wild.
VMdk8 TIL that the radioactive decay of Cobalt-60 can be used to define left and right
yv9a TIL The word faggot became used as a derogatory term in all-male boarding schools where younger students carried bundles of sticks for older students fireplaces.
w0NJ TIL that 90% of people who spend 3 or more hours a day on the computer, will suffer Computer Vision Syndrome (Under the “Prevalence” section)
MeKj8 TIL Thailand used to have a prison called "Khuk Khi Kai," or "Chicken poop prison." The first floor of the prison contained prisoners, and the second floor was a large chicken coop. The grated floor ensured that prisoners were constantly subjected to chicken poop.