› added 11 years ago

72

TIL Ross Perot is “the biggest individual loser ever on the New York Stock Exchange”: in April 1970, he lost $450 million in a single day.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

kJK5 TIL that Mark Twain appeared on film only once. The footage was shot by Thomas Edison in 1909, a year before Twain’s death. In addition, there exists no recording of Twain’s voice.
8aBXK TIL There is a Pub in Austria that has been open since 803
R7Wg7 TIL that John Fogarty was sued by Fantasy Records for copyright infringement because his song (the 1984 hit "The Old Man Down The Road") sounded too much like CCR's 1970's hit "Run Through The Jungle", a song that Fogarty wrote and produced.
awbXy TIL killing a stork was punishable by death in Ancient Greek and they were honored by Muslims for flying to Mekka every year
MwwV TIL that the “B” in “Benoit B. Mandelbrot”, who coined the term “fractal”, stands for “Benoit B. Mandelbrot”.