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TIL Michele Ferrero, the owner of Ferrero Rocher is the richest man in Italy with with over $20B in net worth. He also owns Nutella and Tic Tac.

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x61Kb TIL the most important variable in predicting a dog’s lifespan is the dog’s body size
LrRZ TIL: A morbidly obese woman refused to get free weight-loss surgery offered by the NHS because she didn’t want to lose the £75,000 in disability benefits she was receiving.
d8QbB TIL that a diospyrobezoar is a hard mass that forms in the digestive tract due to ingesting persimmons. Korean physicians have successfully treated this condition by giving the patient diet soda
5Dr9 TIL All packaged products sold in India have a “maximum retail price” printed on the package by the manufacturer and that it is illegal for a store to charge more than that. India is the only country with this system.
WWgA TIL that the word Hello only began being used as a greeting when the telephone was invented, credited as a suggestion by Thomas Edison to be used when answering the phone. Alexander Graham Bell, his competitor, preferred Ahoy.