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TIL Some of America’s biggest employers like Walmart, Amazon and FedEx, don’t match employee donations to charity

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epMP4 TIL in 1991, the Criterion Collection released the first three 007 films on laserdisc, featuring extensive crew commentary. Almost immediately, all remaining copies were recalled by Criterion due to the content of those commentaries, including insults to cast and crew and casual sexism and racism.
jNBZN TIL that the wife of Japanese fighter pilot Hajime Fujii drowned herself and their two daughters in 1944. She wanted to unburden him of his fatherly duties so he could focus on his military obligations.
glwX TIL that between 2003 and 2008, the US government spent over $15,000,000,000 on AIDS prevention in Africa, saving an estimated 1.1 million lives and reducing AIDS infection rates by 10%
VMLa4 TIL, that before he got into writing massive-selling thrillers, James Patterson worked for advertising firm J. Walter Thompson, where he is credited with coming up with the jingle “I’m a Toys R Us Kid.”
JYOYv TIL Chinese emperor Qin Shi Huangdi died eating mercury pills that were supposed to prolong his life. Afraid that news of his death would cause a revolt, his trusted advisors transported his body back to his palace among barrels of rotten fish, to mask the smell.