› added 6 years ago

331

TIL about 1/3 of new cars no longer come with a spare tire. While some have run-flat tires, having no spare tires decreases weight and increases fuel economy.... and also quietly saves car companies millions of dollars a year

Read more consumerreports.org

via reddit.com

xgBD TIL Charles Manson has spent only four years outside of prison since the age of 15.
9Yp7 TIL that in 2011, two Domino’s Pizza Store Managers were charged with arson after burning down a nearby Papa John’s in Southern Florida
w17M TIL of H. H. Holmes, one of the first modern serial killers, who built a hotel full of hidden rooms and trap doors in order to kill visitors. He had 9 confirmed kills, confessed to 27, and is estimated to have killed up to 200 people.
mybE TIL the biblical Book of Judges tells a story in which a fat king is stabbed, the sword gets stuck in his fat, and the guards outside don’t check on him because they think he’s taking a shit.
Nmge TIL Any statistic along the lines of “the top X people have the same amount of wealth as the bottom Y people” is misleading due to the massive amount of people who have a negative net worth.