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TIL Red Lobster lost $3.3 million dollars during a 7 week promotion in 2003. Each restaurant started losing money on the third plate of crab legs served.

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5Vx6k TIL: of Star Jelly, a translucent jelly-like substance that has been found for centuries. Scientists have no idea what it is. According to folklore, it is deposited on the Earth during meteor showers.
kJnKm TIL of Omar Ibn Said, an enslaved black Muslim scholar from the 18th century. Although his slave owners believed he had converted to Christianity, his autobiography revealed that he was still Muslim. His love for Jesus was interpreted as Christian, when Jesus is also a Muslim Prophet.
0wBdR TIL in the ‘30s Soichi Sakamoto, 6th grade teacher in Maui, developed H.I. interval training for competitive swimming. Soichi had no experience as a swimmer & coach. He used irrigation ditches to train. A number of his pupils medaled in the Olympics, and many of his training methods are used today.
rN7nw TIL that Greek combines letters to form letters that don't exist in the Greek alphabet
p0oA TIL that according to Cunningham’s Law the best way to get the right answer on the Internet is not to ask a question, it’s to post the wrong answer.