› added 7 years ago

134

TIL that the BBB does not allow a company to receive a positive review unless they pay $400-$1000 /year

Read more waystoavoidscamsonline.com

via ift.tt

ADEEB TIL that one of the 2 co-owners/founders of Macy's died on the Titanic, along with his wife, because he refused to board rescue ships before women and children were helped. His wife chose to stay behind because she did not want to abandon her husband, so they both died together aboard the Titanic.
6EraW TIL: The codename for Direct X was "Project Manhattan" in order to showcase the effort from Microsoft to displace the Japanese gaming industry at the time.
Z8Y14 TIL 2013 was the first year since 1987 to feature four different numbers
Rjl1 TIL: Decorative Five Pointed metal stars–Barnstars–derived from Amish barn-painted symbols or “Hex Signs”, which were borrowed from witchcraft / Germanic paganism as magical protection against misfortune
MeGea TIL of Erik Weihenmayer, the only Blind person to have climbed the Seven Summits of every continent, and the first/one of the only Blind persons to climb Mt. Everest.