› added 4 years ago

109

TIL that the inventor of the karaoke machine, Daisuke Inoue, never patented his invention because he “didn’t think anything would come of it.” 33 years later he was awarded the Ig Nobel prize for his work.

Read more distractify.com

via reddit.com

6oLJ TIL that Apple has a “secret police” called the Worldwide Loyalty Team that makes sure no employees leak something
d801Q TIL that ancient Spartan schools deliberately underfed boys to force them to steal food, but severely punished anyone who was caught. This was thought to toughen them up, especially since it accustomed them to hunger, which was common on the battlefield.
Y1X7 TIL that throwing out your garbage in Germany is so complicated that the city sends you a magazine every year with instructions
p8wWZ TIL AA (South Africa's equivalent of AAA) will send armed guards to your location in the event of a car break down
wLY48 TIL The oldest-known message in a bottle was tossed overboard from a German ship in 1886 and found off the coast of Wedge Island, Australia earlier this year.