› added 1 month ago

19

TIL Paul Newman started his own salad dressing company back in 1982. He would then go on to donate 100% of the profits to multiple charities

Read more aaepa.com

via reddit.com

wWNP TIL that the Ontario Teachers Pension Plan Board is one of the world’s largest institutional investors with assets totalling over $175 billion.
N7Nr1 Today I Learned about Native American Trail Trees, which served as trail markers for important sites. This was done by bending saplings in 90 degree angles. As the tree continues to grow it retained this “N” shape. Thus permanently marking the trail.
01Bv TIL that creatine, the muscle building supplement, was found in a double-blind experiment to significantly increase cognitive function among vegans and vegetarians.
E10V TIL: That “Chimpanzees, who cannot swim, have drowned in zoo moats trying to save others.” And “Given the chance to get food by pulling a chain that would also deliver an electric shock to a companion, Rhesus monkeys will starve themselves for several days.”
yQYvv TIL of the Bohemian Grove: A restricted 2700 acre campground in California that is only available for the world's elite. It is described as a private vacation getaway yet it is famous for hosting the Manhattan Project planning meeting in 1942, that led to the creation of the atomic bomb.