› added 5 years ago

83

TIL that the iconic neon cowboy in Las Vegas has a name, "Vegas Vic."

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

X0JN8 TIL; 1 out of every 50 people in the US has an unruptured brain aneurysm.
YpyYB TIL the first "bug bounty program" that rewards users for reporting software bugs was in 1983. The reward was an actual VW Bug.
OoQP6 TIL about a man who planted an enormous guitar shaped forest as a tribute to his late wife.
xVEoD TIL - An American woman lost all her teeth due to fluoride poisoning from tea. She'd been having a pitcher of ice tea made with 100-150 bags every day for 17 years.
woXPo TIL Certain types of fly larvae are ideal for treating gangrene because they feed on dead and infected tissue but leave healthy tissue alone. However, because of the nature of this type of treatment, many people are reluctant to try it.