› added 12 years ago

136

TIL Ohio & Minnesota have special license plates for DUI offenders

Read more lifesafer.com

via reddit.com

Oxj4 TIL: “One man actually succeeded in reinventing the wheel. John Keogh … submitted a patent application for a ‘circular transportation facilitation device’ in May 2001, shortly after a new patent system was introduced in Australia. His 'wheel’ was issued a patent.”
mxeoy TIL The Flying Train - Wuppertal Schwebebahn - is the oldest electric elevated railway with hanging cars in the world. Built between 1897 & 1903, the first track opened in 1901. The Schwebebahn is still in use today as a normal means of local public transport, moving 25 million passengers annually.
wLvpE TIL that tech support operators will occasionally use error codes such as PEBKAC (Problem exists between keyboard and chair) or ID-Ten-T (ID10T) to discreetly imply that an error isn't with the device, but with the user.
1JYP TIL that both corn flakes and graham crackers were created in hopes that their bland flavor would act as a sexual sepressant.
mx6ZY TIL there are more than 200 million insects for each human on the planet. In other words, the world holds 300 pounds of insects for every pound of humans.