TIL if you live in Pennsylvania and make minimum wage you'd have to work 105 hours a week to afford a "modest" one bedroom rental. (nlihc.org)
This site has these sorts of stats for each state.
TIL in 1893, the US Supreme Court held 9–0 that the tomato should be classified as a vegetable rather than a fruit in Nix v. Hedden, 149 U.S. 304, for purposes (en.wikipedia.org)
of tariffs, imports and customs. Justice Horace Gray delivered the opinion of the Court in holding that the Tariff Act of 1883 used the ordinary meaning of the words "fruit" and "vegetable", instead of the technical botanical meaning....
TIL Orange Juice is transported pasteurized in tanker ships (www.theshipyardblog.com)
Wonder what kind of environmental damage would happen if one crashed. Are they properly prepared for a captain having one too many screwdrivers?
TIL the earliest recorded use of the @ symbol was from a religious text from 1345 (en.wikipedia.org)
TIL how Carroll O'Connor became Archie Bunker (en.wikipedia.org)
The character Archie Bunker in All In The Family was originally offered to Mickey Rooney, who declined. Carroll O'Connor lived in Europe, and accepted the role only because he thought the show would fail and he could go home, so much so that part of his contract with Norman Lear included a return plane ticket to Rome so that he...
TIL: If I'm in a driver I need to stop for pedestrians at crossovers, even if the lights aren’t flashing. (www.theglobeandmail.com)
Link with no paywall:...
TIL that salt rock, the stuff used during winter, helped contribute to the Flint Water Crisis (www.theverge.com)
Road salt on the city’s bridges raised the river’s chlorine levels, making the water more corrosive. This has continued into the present and may have been one reason poorly-treated Flint River water was so damaging to metal pipes....
For cities of 1 millon up, Chicago is the most violent in USA (en.m.wikipedia.org)
Chicago vs. worst ranking, based on...
TIL Dior has released a $230 'scented water' for babies. It's significantly more expensive than its bestselling fragrances for adults. (www.insider.com)
TIL VH1's Pop Up Video is "lost media". Due to licensing issues, the only way that episodes can be found is through home recordings of the show from when it aired (lostmediawiki.com)
Currently, all the master copies of the episodes from the original run are being held by the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. They were donated by Tad Low, the creator of the show. Although master copies are known to exist, they are not publicly available due to licensing. […] With the sheer number of episodes produced, the fact that...
