› added 7 years ago

328

TIL - In 1919, Ford wanted to use extra profits to raise employee wages and employ more people. Dodge sued them, saying a corporation’s only responsibility is to increase shareholder value. This set the precedent for current US corporate law.

Read more law.illinois.edu

via ift.tt

rRkMx TIL that scattering of human ashes at Disneyland and Disney World happens so frequently park employees have a special code to report it for cleanup.
x6vOb TIL about the Personal Rescue Enclosure or "rescue ball", a 36 inches (91 cm) sphere intended to protect an astronaut in space in case they had to leave the Space Shuttle; another suited astronaut would then carry the sphere. It was developed in the early days of the Shuttle program but never flown.
e0E1g TIL a NASA Flight Controller Rode His Horse To Mission Control Because The Parking Permit For His Car Was Revoked.
AN9nx TIL, out of top ten Air Forces in the world, USA occupies 4 spots. US Air Force is 1st, US Army Aviation branch is 2nd, US Naval Air Force is 4th and US Marine Corps Aviation is 7th. Talk about overkill.
axEo TIL Mountain gorillas are naturally afraid of chameleons and nobody knows why.