› added 1 year ago

209

TIL the only confirmed case of poisoned Halloween candy was in 1974 when Ronald O'Bryan murdered his son Timothy by giving him pixie sticks laced with cyanide to collect insurance money

Read more history.com

via reddit.com

N7oJN TIL of the oldest known strike. On this date in 1152 BCE, the artisans of the Royal Necropolis at Deir el-Medina walked off their jobs because they had not been paid. The Egyptian authorities raised the wages.
JYYGl As the international community debates what should be done with Syria's chemical weapons program, here is a look at what chemical weapons are, and what it takes to safely dispose of them.
6m8Z TIL that “Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band” reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks in 1977 and is the biggest-selling instrumental single of all time.
VEPk TIL that the Griechenbeisl restaurant in Vienna, Austria has been open since 1447 and the most famous guests have been Mozart, Beethoven, and Mark Twain.
evAJ TIL that a man lived at the AOL hq for 2 months. He used the showers and food court. While everyone else thought he worked there he was actually working on his own startup.