› added 9 years ago

99

TIL that McDonald’s gave out free razors during breakfast hours in the 1970’s.

Read more youtube.com

via reddit.com

dvlj TIL The Diplomatic Immunity guy in Lethal Weapon 2 couldn’t have DI. He’d have Consular Immunity, making him subject to search, arrest, detainment and prosecution. DI is limited to embassy workers, and embassies can only exist in a host country’s capital city. Only a consulate can exist in LA.
XEGgQ TIL The Privy Council of Elizabeth I of England marked letters that needed to be delivered quickly with a rough drawing of a gallows on the address panel. Sometimes the drawing included a body hanging from the gallows.
EXD0 TIL that plankton perform 45% of Earth’s photosynthesis, yet constitute less than 1% of its total plant mass
7r7KZ TIL about the Newton Disc, which is a color wheel that when spun really fast, turns white.
G6PE TIL in 2012 six LCD screen manufacturers were discovered to have colluded in selling over $70 billion price-fixed screens.