› added 10 years ago

311

TIL that tumbleweeds spread radiation from old nuclear sites

Read more gizmodo.com

via reddit.com

l7NV7 TIL: Nearly 7% of American newspaper employees now work at the NYTimes
KaAE TIL there is a resident in MIT’s Random Hall called “The Milk” that is an expired carton of milk coming up on 22 years past its expiration date
grabD TIL it is illegal to grow your own cotton in 17 states without a permit
6EB9l TIL that in 1998 Sony had the chance to buy the rights to almost every Marvel character for 25 million. They opted to only buy the rights to Spider-Man for just 7 million, stating, "Nobody gives a shit about the other Marvel characters."
wLLVW TIL That in 2016 a woman was seriously burnt after 'fart' caused laser to burst into flames