› added 4 years ago

107

TIL A 9 company cartel fixed the prices of batteries worldwide from 2000 to 2011

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

1apxX TIL that on August 9, 1965 Singapore was expelled from Malaysia and becomes the only country to date to gain independence unwillingly
P1PbE TIL that at the opening ceremonies to the 1936 Summer Olympics, the event organizers made the mistake of shooting off a cannon after they had released hundreds of pigeons. While the cannon shot blanks, the sound of the shot scared the birds so much that they defecated on the athletes below.
NXB6b TIL that the Eiffel Tower can be 15 cm taller during the summer due to the expansion of iron in the heat
4x06 TIL that today’s British accent first appeared among London’s upper class around the time of the American Revolution. Before that, the British accent was similar to that of Americans.
WXp9 TIL that in 2011, Two farmers fed up with bribe demands dumped over 40 live snakes in a local tax office in India