› added 1 year ago

44

TIL that the low cost wine brand "Two Buck Chuck" was created by Fred Franzia, who bought the Charles Shaw name from a bankrupt winery for $27k. Once when asked why his wine was cheaper than water, he replied "They're overcharging for the water. Don't you get it?"

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

0ElL TIL Pineapple is not a fruit but collective fruits. A group of fruits combined together
X0A7D TIL Gangubai Kathiawadi The Real Story of The Mafia Queen of Mumbai
ADv9g TIL that a roly-poly (pill bug) is not actually an insect. It’s a crustacean, so it’s closer in relation to a crab or shrimp than an ant or beetle.
kOEdE TIL the longest lighting strike on record was 400 miles (700km) long, stretching from the Atlantic coast of Brazil into Argentina
bRjp TIL Of a Chinese dog named Saihu, who ate food and died to demonstrate it was poisoned after trying to warn people by barking at the chef. She was buried in a human graveyard with a memorial statue.