› added 7 years ago

140

TIL Nowadays a slave costs about $90 on average worldwide compared to $40,000 in 1850, an average cost in the American South.

Read more freetheslaves.net

via reddit.com

VQMQ TIL “Bottled water companies gain high profits by drawing water from public water sources, putting it in plastic containers, and reselling it at 2,900 times the price of regular tap.”
nkAo TIL: Back in 2009, a police officer pulled over a man (who was rushing his ailing mother to the hospital) for expired tags, and refused to let him take her. She died. He got 1 day suspension.
e0dYE TIL Joseph Stalin was huge film buff. He would always watch movies late at night in his private cinema. He often criticized films and even went on to right the soundtrack for some movies. He loved John Ford Westerns
ZpVOQ TIL wasps are valuable pest control agents and pollinators.
1ag1O TIL Most foods are safely consumable 2-3 years past their expiration date as the FDA has no regulation of these numbers. It's estimated that 40% of all the annual food waste in the USA is able to be healthily consumed.