› added 12 years ago

239

TIL that Whole Foods has a salary cap for its executives. They are only allowed to earn 19 times what the average employees is paid.

Read more fastcompany.com

via reddit.com

R51K4 TIL people in the 19th century regularly died from eating ice cream due to a lack of food safety standards and contamination. Despite this, it was still a popular dessert
jloa TIL Aldous Huxley, author of Brave New World, took LSD on his deathbed and died tripping.
xbxw TIL The most played song on AM radio of all times “You’ve Lost That Lovin Feeling” has a runtime of 3:45 at its day of release considered as too long for AM radio. In order to secure airtime Phil Spector had a false running time (3:05) printed on the label in order to trick DJs into playing it.
wPM6 TIL That Billy Crystal attended Marshall University on a Baseball Scholarship but never played due to the program being suspended.
QJded TIL The 1831 London Bridge was sold in 1962 when it needed to be replaced. It was bought by Lake Havasu City, Arizona, to help tourism.