› added 5 years ago

103

TIL over 200 people were once sickened by contaminated chicken at a Summit on Food Safety

Read more foodsafetynews.com

via reddit.com

X0ZrP TIL the founder of Bob's Red Mill gave away full ownership of the company to his 700 employees
yy9e TIL that baseball hand signals, such as safe and out, were invented by a 19th century deaf player named Dummy Hoy so he could comprehend what was going on in his games.
wdY8 TIL that the term “easter egg” originates from the the 1975 movie “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” when the cast had an Easter Egg hunt but most of the eggs went unfound. They can be seen throughout the film in various locations.
kOLve TIL "Live Free or Die" New Hampshire lives up to its motto by being the only US State not requiring adults to fasten a seat belt
awegL TIL In 1940 40 Wall street was worth less than its elevators had cost. The structure as a whole was worth $1.25 million, less than the 43 elevators in the building.40 Wall Street had opened following the Wall Street Crash of 1929, and so suffered from lack of tenants.