› added 9 years ago

234

TIL There was a phone booth in the middle of the Mojave Desert that people from all over the world would call. Today, you can still call the number and talk to people (760) 733-9969

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

R9Al TIL Steven Spielberg never was paid for Schindler’s List saying any salary would be blood money. Instead he donated everything to the Shoah Foundation.
E1rDp TIL There's a plot of prime Tokyo real estate nobody will develop on because, after samurai was executed there, it's been connected to a bunch of weird accidents and deaths
6gkX TIL that octopus wrestling was once a documented hobby.
oMNY TIL that Nestlé aggressively distributes free formula samples in developing countries till the supplementation has interfered with the mother’s lactation. After that the family must continue to buy the formula since the mother is no longer able to produce milk on her own
a8WXN TIL the current royal family of Sweden was founded by one of Napoleon’s Marshals of France.