› added 4 years ago

86

TIL The first known vending machine was invented by the Greek engineer and mathematician Hero of Alexandria around 215 BC. These first vending machines were located in Egyptian temples and dispensed holy water in exchange for coins.

Read more gumballs.com

via reddit.com

wLy1M TIL that there is a department store chain in Australia named "Target" that has a red bulls-eye as its logo and is in no way affiliated with the American company of the same name
VWD0 TIL there is a DC Character who got his powers from Cocaine. His equipment was Cocaine and his religion was Cocaine worship. His only weakness? You guessed it: Cocaine Addiction.
16n7r TIL about Jakob von Washington, a distant relative of George Washington, who was born in the Netherlands, fought against Napoleon, served as a Lieutenant General in the Bavarian Army and signed a treaty with the Duke of Wellington as a representative of Bavaria at Waterloo.
mxGKo TIL, in the 1700's you could get admission to the London Zoo by bringing a dog or cat to feed to the lions.
Brrgx TIL that a janitor from Chicago wrote over six years a 15,145-page fantasy manuscript with over 300 watercolor illustrations called “In the Realms of the Unreal”, which was only discovered after his death.