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Xanvial , in TIL many US companies in the late 1800s-1938 would pay their employees in company scrip, a currency issued by the employer and can only be used in company owned stores where they upcharged exorbita...

Rowena, is that you?

curiosityLynx , in TIL that 80% of Australian homes are colder than is recommended by the WHO safety standards for indoor air temperature.

Has anyone crossposted this to aussie.zone yet?@L4s

ChapolinColoradoNZ , in TIL that 80% of Australian homes are colder than is recommended by the WHO safety standards for indoor air temperature.

New Zealand says hi…

NotAPenguin , in TIL many US companies in the late 1800s-1938 would pay their employees in company scrip, a currency issued by the employer and can only be used in company owned stores where they upcharged exorbita...

Did you just watch the Peter Santenello video?

AnonymousLlama , in TIL that 80% of Australian homes are colder than is recommended by the WHO safety standards for indoor air temperature.
@AnonymousLlama@kbin.social avatar

Temperature in the single digit is a no go, no ty!

Hillock , in TIL Disney refused to let a father use a Spiderman headstone for his 4 year old son’s funeral.

I actually agree with that decision. Fuck Disney but if Disney started selling headstones people would be in a uproar over it as well. They would call it inappropriate and everything. And while in this case the stone wouldn't be sold by Disney, the design would still be out of place.

finkrat , in TIL that honey never spoils. Archaeologists have found pots of honey in ancient Egyptian tombs that are over 3000 years old and still perfectly edible.

Yeah but are you gonna actually eat it? ;)

Anticorp , in TIL that In 2018, A hacker broke into people’s routers (100,000 of them) and patched their vulnerabilities up so that they couldn’t be abused by other hackers.

That would be white-hat, not grey-hat

xstatdisk ,

It's still grey hat since he didn't have permission, but was doing it for a cause that many deem good

TheLobotomist , in TIL that In 2018, A hacker broke into people’s routers (100,000 of them) and patched their vulnerabilities up so that they couldn’t be abused by other hackers.
@TheLobotomist@lemmy.world avatar

I will use this as an example to explain to my new players this alignment

littlebluespark , in TIL that according to an FBI report, Elvis Presley believed the Beatles had led young people astray “by their filthy unkempt appearances and suggestive music”
@littlebluespark@lemmy.world avatar

Breaking news: Elvis was a pedo assclown.

beatle , in TIL King Louis XI plotted to kill a court astrologer who correctly predicted a death in his court fearing he'd done it himself. Before giving his guards the signal he asked if he knew when he'd die...

www.heritage-history.com/index.php?c=read&author=…

Roundcat , in TIL After being named Marijuana Pepsi Jackson by her parents and enduring years of bullying as a result, Jackson refused to change her name and went on to earn her Ph.D. at the age of 46 for Higher...
@Roundcat@kbin.social avatar

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Seytoux , in TIL A man was awarded $7 million in damages after he developed a lung condition from eating two bags of popcorn every day and inhaling the steam from the bag

Kramer…?

Bender_B_Rodriguez , in TIL That Chuck E. Cheese Secretly Sold Pizzas on Delivery Apps During the Pandemic Under the Name “Pasqually Pizza”

Man when my nephews were young we’d go to Mr. Charles Cheese. Their pizza is absolutely ridiculously good for what it is.

TomBishop , in TIL Many hotels including Hilton and Marriott collect guests’ used soaps, scrape the hair and stuff off, then melt them down to make new soaps.

Ah finally, sustainability!

Nah, probably just capitalism.

Win-win then?

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