› added 11 years ago

340

TIL: It takes about 1,850 gallons of water to produce one 16 oz. steak.

Read more tmbbq.com

via reddit.com

a8eao TIL about Friedrich Gulda, Austrian pianist, who falsely announced his death in 1999 to create publicity for a following "resurrection concert". He then died in 2000.
b6RE4 TIL that there was a Ferris Bueller TV show that ran for one season in 1990 and starred Jennifer Aniston
W7re8 TIL that the United States Supreme Court established that the tomato should be classified as a vegetable rather than a fruit under U.S. Customs regulations. The Court’s 1893 decision was meant to differentiate the technical botanical definition from the commonly used one.
J1XLV TIL Nordstrom's accepted a return of used tires from a customer because Nordstrom's bought three stores from the company that sold the original tires. The company even hangs tires in some break rooms to demonstrate their commitment to customer service.
eogb TIL “Low-background steel” is steel made before the first nuclear bomb tests in the 40’s because modern steel is contaminated with radionuclides because its production used atmospheric air