› added 10 years ago

131

TIL A housefly will immobilize itself and brace against the headwind from a hairdryer, allowing for easy swatting/disposal.

Read more youtube.com

via reddit.com

J1wx1 TIL that 81% of people say that email is still their primary form of communication at work
KXpR TIL A Bond girl (from “For Your Eyes Only”) Caroline Cossey was born a man, Barry Cossey.
G5Vg TIL Poisoning the well is a rhetorical device where adverse information about a target is preemptively presented to an audience, with the intention of discrediting or ridiculing everything that the target person is about to say
nWX8b TIL In 2010, to prove the Better Business Bureau was a pay-to-play scam, a group of business owners formed a fictional company called "Hamas" (like the militant group in Palestine). Hamas paid the BBB $425 and received a rating of A minus.
1aMxV TIL the Kentucky Derby has been held uninterrupted since 1875 even through the Great Depression & both World Wars. Millions of people around the world bet on the race with a wagering total of $209 million in 2017.