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TIL that corporations such as Wal-Mart, P&G, Hershey's all take what is called corporate-owned life insurance otherwise known as "dead peasant insurance" on their employees to hedge against the financial cost of losing key employees to unexpected death

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97vp TIL There exists a giant cloud of alcohol in outer space which can be used to produce 400 trillion trillion pints of beer.
BXx TIL 355/113 is a freakishly good approximation of PI
e049b TIL in 2009, due to the heavy automation of flying an airplane, two pilots got so bored and distracted, that they overflew their destination by 150 miles.
KLrQ TIL that during the filming The Princess Bride, the actor playing Count Rugen (Christopher Guest) inadvertently knocked Cary Elwes out when he tapped him on the head to hard with the butt of his sword. The scene of Westley falling to the ground unconscious is real. (Video clip in Comments)
Dj8j TIL of the Dyatlov Pass Incident. The mysterious unsolved death of 9 hikers who tore through their tents naked in sub-0 temperatures. 7 died of hypothermia, one of a fractured skull, one female team member had her tongue and eyes missing. Offical cause of death: “unknown compelling force”