› added 11 years ago

73

TIL The textbook industry is considered a “broken market” by economists and it has little internal competition

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

4X7Bg TIL Sigourney Weaver reportedly reached the height of 5 ft 101⁄2 in (179 cm) by the age of 11, which had a negative impact on her self-esteem. She recalled feeling like "a giant spider" and never having "the confidence to ever think I could act."
neZo7 TIL if Pinocchio says “My nose will grow now”, it would cause a paradox.
4AYo TIL that a Florida police officer arrested a man for “trafficking cocaine”, claiming that he tested it on the scene. The man spent 8 months in jail before it was tested in a lab and determined to be baking soda.
ADQpB TIL of Rube Waddell, an early 1900s baseball pitcher that would leave mid game to go fishing and would get distracted when opposing fans held up puppies or shiny objects.
GADeG TIL there is a town in Alaska called Whittier where nearly the entire population lives in one building along with all of the town's public facilities.