› added 8 years ago

355

TIL that in 1939, Maine Rep. Cleveland Sleeper introduced a bill to make it illegal to add tomatoes to clam chowder.

Read more newenglandhistoricalsociety.com

via reddit.com

epAoE TIL Dutch sailors were responsible for the extinction of the dodo, They hunted the dodo for food and sport, introduced invasive predators like rats and cats that ate the dodo eggs and chicks, and destroyed the dodo’s habitat by deforestation and farming.
E1lp TIL that Mark Calaway aka The Undertaker established The Zeus Compton Calaway Save the Animals fund to help pay for lifesaving treatments for large-breed dogs.
0wJdR TIL the pocket calculator, patented in 1967, was one of the earliest uses of rechargable batteries. One of the creators, Jerry Merryman, saw it not just as a pocket calculator, but as an "electionic revolution," bringing buttons, thermal printing, and rechargable batteries to the forefront.
e01mg TIL that in 1963, the United States considered to use 520 nuclear bombs to carve out a 160 miles (260 km) long waterway through Israel's Negev desert.
eZyk TIL in the U.S. it’s illegal for employers to tell employees not to talk to their co-workers about compensation