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TIL Starbucks wasted millions of litres of water by letting their taps run all day and banning their employees from turning taps off

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8aoLL TIL of the Lodz Ghetto, where at one point 20000 'useless eaters', mainly children under 10, were rounded up and taken away from their families to be exterminated. Many parents committed suicide.
BKke TIL of the Leomiti family that was in Extreme Home Makeovers. They used 5 orphans to market to the show. After getting their home rebuilt to 9 rooms ,mortgage paid,7 new cars and thousands in donations ,they then kicked all the orphans out of the home within weeks and kept everything to themselves.
6WkQ TIL: Marilyn Monroe was raised in foster care & later, admitted to 2 psychiatric hospitals. Her mother was unwed & mentally unstable when she gave birth. Her mother & both maternal grandparents were in mental institutions. To escape foster care, Marilyn married one of her neighbors when she was 16.
VMybZ TIL about the U.S. Air Force's doomsday weapon, SLAM. The rocket was designed to fly fast and low over the Soviet Union, dropping hydrogen bombs over predetermined targets while its unshielded nuclear reactor contaminated everything in it's path.
GYjlG TIL a British man called Paul Osborn listed his wife for sale online because he suspected her of cheating on him. Bids reached £510,000 ($969,890) before he removed the listing