› added 6 years ago

286

TIL that some American insurance companies employ private firefighter brigades to defend the properties of wealthy clients during wildfires.

Read more nbcnews.com

via reddit.com

9wZKG TIL that Ugandan Dictator Idi Amin Dada laid claim to the Scottish throne and offered to marry Queen Elizabeth to lead the Commonwealth. When she refused, he had four local British businessmen carry him around in a sedan chair at a diplomatic conference in Uganda.
J1BGQ TIL in 2010, following slumped sales after the Financial Crisis of 2008, Gap decided to redesign their 20-year longstanding logo, costing an estimated $100M. The amount of public backlash was so great, that Gap took the decision to revert back to their old 1990 logo after less than one week.
7royP TIL a Palestinian Businessman operates a smuggling business to deliver KFC from Egypt to the Gaza Strip through a secret underground tunnel
jNdnM TIL that “opposites attract” is a myth. In fact, couples who are similar are more likely to be satisfied with their relationship.
Me0KV TIL about Zakynthos, a Greek island that hid it's Jewish residents who otherwise would have went to Auschwitz. It is Europe's only complete surviving Jewish community during the Holocaust.