› added 6 years ago

491

TIL Living above the third-floor drastically reduces your chances of surviving a cardiac arrest.

Read more nationalpost.com

via reddit.com

4KOX TIL that the Ford Mustang, despite the logo, was named after the WWII fighter plane (P-51 Mustang), not the horse
R5NJ7 TIL Isaac Newton and Gottfried Leibniz independently invented calculus at the same time, Newton accused Leibniz of plagiarism, triggering a bitter dispute that lasted until the end of their lives.
ep6vL TIL many US companies in the late 1800s-1938 would pay their employees in company scrip, a currency issued by the employer and can only be used in company owned stores where they upcharged exorbitant amounts, keeping employees in debt, to ensure company "loyalty."
XEA4P TIL that the Christmas Number One Single in the UK in 2009 was Rage Against the Machine's - Killing In The Name due to a campaign launched to protest against Simon Cowell and The X Factor.
lGn7 TIL of Franz Von Werra, a Nazi POW who was transfered to Canada to deter his multiple escapes and recaptures. He escaped again in less than a month, traveling through the US, Mexico, Brazil, Spain and Italy to become the only Western held POW to return to combat.