› added 12 years ago

264

TIL that the reason why most brands of glasses are expensive is that there is a monopoly in the industry.

Read more businessinsider.com

via reddit.com

Z8V4v TIL of Chlorine trifluoride, which can set glass on fire and corrode materials otherwise known to be non-corrodible such as iridium, platinum, and gold.
8eeZG TIL: Within hours of being transferred to a new prison, infamous fugitive, FBI informant, and Boston Irish mob boss Whitey Bulger was murdered by a group of several inmates.
9wkAX TIL that blood plasma is America's 10th largest export surpassing that of trucks.
V80B TIL that John Lennon’s father, Alfred Lennon, released an album in 1965. John was embarrassed by it so he had it pulled in Europe and the U.S.
KYZnw TIL that Gov George Wallace of Alabama’s wife had cancer, but she didn’t know because he didn’t tell her. Doctors back then only told the husband.