› added 4 years ago

333

TIL a customer died of a heart attack while eating at the "Heart Attack Grill" in Las Vegas, which gives free meals to patrons weighing more than 350 lbs.

Read more usatoday.com

via reddit.com

MJpa TIL that in 1885, Edison offered Tesla $50,000 for redesigning his company’s DC generators. After months of work, Tesla inquired about the payment. Edison said he was only joking, replying, “Tesla, you don’t understand our American humor.” Tesla quit his job shortly after.
ReP9 TIL the ad revenue made from the “charlie bit my finger” youtube video was enough for the family to buy a new house
PWoZ TIL two men were brought up on federal hacking charges when they exploited a bug in video poker machines and won half a million dollars. His lawyer argued, “All these guys did is simply push a sequence of buttons that they were legally entitled to push.” The case was dismissed.
ADVox TIL about Metás Tasis, the (almost exactly) scene by scene series of Breaking Bad but with lower budget and actors that speak spanish. Just look at the trailer.
kaD5 TIL that despite making billions a year from TV rights and local incentives, the NFL is a non-profit organization and doesn’t pay a penny in taxes