› added 1 year ago

79

TIL that Apple operates its own network of doctor's offices around the world, exclusive for Apple employees and their dependents

Read more acwellness.com

via reddit.com

wWYP TIL the word “lurker” grew to include internet behavior when dial-up bulletin board systems became popular. Those using the phone line and consuming resources (“reading”) were expected to contribute; since lurkers tied up phone lines without contributing anything, they were criticized and banned.
n0Yd TIL Jefferson Davis was never tried for treason in part because the federal government feared he may convince a jury that secession was not illegal.
ZXvB TIL Four AH-64 Apaches helicopters were destroyed by mortar fire in Iraq, because US soldiers took pictures of them landing at their base, and posted the pictures to the internet. But the pictures were geotagged, enabling the enemy to determine the exact location of the Apaches.
VB0XD TIL that three years after winning gold at the 2004 Olympics, wrestler Rulon Gardner and two friends’ plane crashed into Lake Powell Utah. The three men swam an hour to the shore through 44F (7C) degree water to the shore and waited all night without shelter for rescue. All three men survived.
9vom TIL that the discoverer of penicillin also warned us early on about the possibility of antibiotic resistant bacteria due to misuse of antibiotics.