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TIL Starbucks spends more on health insurance for its employees than on raw materials needed to brew its coffee.

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v100K TIL that there was a proposed state called West Kansas that would have consisted of nine southwestern Kansan counties.
jNVrn TIL that Roger Boisjoly was an engineer working at NASA in 1986 that predicted that the O-rings on the Challenger would fail and tried to abort the mission but nobody listened to him
nVZB TIL players who completed the games Ultima III to Ultima VII could report their wins to Lord British (Richard Garriott/Origin) and receive a Certificate of Completion in the mail. Today these certificates are highly sought-after collector’s items.
WkZJB TIL the television show Community had a 3 year long Beetlejuice gag with hardly any payoff.
oBVVR TIL guard geese have been used in place of guard dogs because they have excellent eyesight, are "watchful and inquisitive", and have with strong territorial instincts.