› added 5 years ago

351

TIL Canada's Northwest Territories launched a process in 1996 to find a new name. They dropped the matter when "Bob" emerged as a frontrunner.

Read more cbc.ca

via reddit.com

KYBOw TIL Chinese messenger WeChat had more mobile transactions over just Chinese New Year in 2016 than PayPal had during the entirety of 2015
a89Py TIL Prince was a huge Bangles fan. He wrote then gave them their breakout hit, "Manic Monday".
v1BEx TIL It is illegal in Taiwan for children under two years old to use a smartphone or watch TV
xaY7 TIL: When slaves were freed in the USA, some towns in the south would arrest young black men for not having a job and then sell them to corporations like US Steel as slaves for the duration of their sentence
xVM6D TIL Tesla has made changes to the Model 3 interior and it is now officially 100% leather-free