› added 3 months ago

21

TIL - During the California gold rush of 1849, eggs were $3 each, not adjusted for inflation.

Read more parks.ca.gov

via reddit.com

rry TIL That from the late 1860s until the 1970s, several American cities had ugly laws making it illegal for persons with “unsightly or disgusting” disabilities to appear in public
Y70nr TIL that these married schoolteachers in Tucson stole a $160 million abstract painting and hung it behind their bedroom door for 32 years before being discovered upon their death
LlNd TIL that Whole Foods has a very strict “zero tolerance” shoplifting policy. Even if you plead that you accidentally walked out with something and are willing to pay for it, you will be banned.
0m4L TIL when three men with machetes came into an African orphanage at night, a man named Omari took a hammer to fight all three at once. He survived after getting hit in the face with a machete, and saved all of the children. His story, first shared on Reddit, helped raise $83,000 for the orphanage.
pXp TIL Japan has over 200 Kit Kat flavors (including wasabi)