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TIL that Facebook is predominantly blue in color because Mark Zuckerberg is red-green colorblind and blue is the “richest color” that he can see

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e0bb4 TIL: Entrepreneur Laura Scudder (1881-1959), a pioneer of marking food with freshness dates & of using chips bags was refused insurance by male agents. After decades she gave up a $9 million offer for her company when the buyer wouldn't guarantee workers' jobs. (A later $6M offer did protect them.)
j6VaR TIL that Fidel Castro had diplomatic relation with the Argentine Junta.
XblQ TIL more than 40 percent of the Fortune 500 companies in 2010 were founded by an immigrant or the child of an immigrant
mxNwY TIL "The english rule" is that the loser in a lawsuit pays the winners legal fees. This is designed to prevent frivolous lawsuits.Nearly every Western democracy other than the United States follows the English rule.
jg9Q TIL that total US oil consumption is back to 1997 levels.