› added 11 years ago

379

TIL Office Space was the reason waiters at TGIF stopped wearing flair.

Read more avclub.com

via reddit.com

kONwm TIL that the Medici Family build a elevated walkway in Florence in 1565 just to avoid contact with the common people. They even connected it to their private lodge at the Felicica Church and moved the Ponte Vecchio meat market to avoid the smells.
nWXer TIL that leaving a Plasma Globe Lamp near a device like a laptop or a phone sends a strong enough radio signal to mess with the functionality of it.
ML9B TIL that if the man rationing the rum on a ship was suspected of cheating would be challenged to mix the rum with gunpowder. rum that was not watered down and was “over proof”, would still allow the power to ignite, coining the term.
WkL4B TIL that lesbian couples two and a half times more likely to get divorced than male same-sex couples
D7Rv TIL that older termites are used as suicide bombers.