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TIL: Most Thermostat Controls in Large Office Buildings Don’t Do Anything

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Zp9WY TIL there is £80m worth of unclaimed premium bonds in the UK
XEr4R TIL that from 1953 to 1964, the CIA conducted completely uncontrolled tests involving drugging people who didn't know they were being drugged, then following and watching them without intervening.
OoEA4 TIL The financial industry is rushing to embrace artificial intelligence to help in areas including trading, investing and automating interactions with customers. Most banks are at least piloting AI in equity research, but with varying degrees of commercial success at this point
a8kJb TIL McDonald's used to have a playground structure widely known as the Big Mac Climber
wLyjY TIL that Chick-fil-A was originally founded as the Dwarf Grill in 1946, changing the name to 'Dwarf House' until rebranding as Chick-fil-A in 1967.