› added 10 years ago

355

TIL the German insurance firm ERGO rewarded its 100 best salesmen with a prostitute-filled “sex party” in Budapest’s most famous thermal baths.

Read more theguardian.com

via reddit.com

AN9xl TIL many US universities have branded faculty positions. Examples include "Coca Cola distinguished professor of marketing" at University of Arizona and "Taco Bell distinguished professor of hotel and restaurant administration" at Washington State
VMrlp TIL about the Hazen Brigade Monument. Built in 1863 by Union troops it is the oldest Civil War monument still in its original battlefield location
1ajZX TIL Polio causes paralysis in 0.1-0.5% of cases, over 70% of cases are completely asymptomatic.
odPr TIL Forbes Has Estimated That Smaug From The Hobbit, Was Worth 8.6 Billion Dollars. Putting Him 7th On Their Fictional 15 List.
4Ga5 TIL that bumblebees are capable of flying at altitudes higher than Mt. Everest. Two bees were able to fly at simulated altitudes of 29,525 feet inside a plexiglass chamber. The plexiglass kept breaking before the bees stopped flying.