› added 1 year ago

57

TIL the US federal government wastes 247 billion dollars in taxpayer money each year

Read more cnbc.com

via reddit.com

vwgD TIL: Sting earns 100% of the royalties ($2000 a day) from Puff Daddys’ song ‘I’ll be missing you’, because Puff Daddy didn’t ask permission to use the sample from 'Every breath you take’
oEaW TIL Audrey Hepburn was a ballet prodigy as a child, but after five years of malnutrition due to German occupation during WWII, she was permanently too weak to dance, so she turned to acting.
KOWnG TIL that the first World Series was played in 1903 between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Boston Red Sox. Unlike today, the fall classic was played as best of 9 games instead of 7, with Boston taking the series 5-3.
7Q47 TIL that the word “quockerwodger” can mean either “a wooden toy figure which jerks its limbs about when pulled by a string”, or a politician whose strings are pulled by someone else.
LQkrP TIL - In 1956, the Marine Corps' AD-4B (A-1) Skyraider had a "relief tube" for pilots to urinate, but no provision for #2. An aviator on a 4 hour flight needed to take off his helmet, and poop into it.