› added 2 years ago

82

TIL Before toilet paper, people used corn husks, sea sponges, and even a scraping technique with seashells after using the bathroom.

Read more beatlyzer.com

via beatlyzer.com

dDLNZ TIL the Palace Theater Light (Or Eternal Light) is the second oldest light bulb still working in the U.S. Installed in 1908 just a few years after the Centennial Light. Both have carbon filaments and were made by the Shelby Electric Company
1aOJd TIL The Spanish Flu effected the entire world, killing more than 50 million. The outbreak was during WWI and to keep morale high, wartime censors for many countries minimized it. Papers were free to report its effects in neutral Spain causing many to think it was largely confined to that country.
x6OWD TIL Benjamin Franklin, fascinated by compounding interest, left $2,000 in 1789 to Boston and Philly to loan to young artisans and grow for 200 years. Mismanagement diverted his vision, but the funds reached $6.5M by 1991, supporting public projects and showing the power—and challenges—of compounding
0dvep TIL the actors on breaking bad were actually taught how to cook ice
j6L1N TIL only four video games in North America have ever been given an "Adults Only" (AO) rating by the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) solely due to extreme levels of violence: the canceled Thrill Kill (1998) and the initial cuts of The Punisher (2005), Manhunt 2 (2007), & Hatred (2015).