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TIL that Theo Albrecht, co-founder of the discount store Aldi, negotiated his own ransom when he was kidnapped and held for 17 days; he later won tax relief on the ransom payment claiming it was a business expense.

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MeYYK TIL, There is a center in the NIH called National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health and that some of their projects include whether magnets can cure migraines and whether lavender scents improve wound healing and more. Answer: both do not.
wDGY TIL that researchers have patented a strain of seaweed that tastes like bacon when cooked and contains twice the nutritional value of kale.
DdVe TIL that from 1934 to 1976, Sweden forcibly sterilized over 62,000 people, mostly ethnic minorities such as Gypsies, as well as rebellious young people.
9wLB TIL only 6 people attended Thomas Paine’s funeral, one of the Founding Fathers of the U.S. because of his ridicule of Christianity.
R70Al TIL Bags of chips aren't filled with oxygen, but are filled with nitrogen. Oxygen would turn the chips rancid while nitrogen preserves the freshness of the chips, prevents combustion, and creates sufficient cushioning during the shipping process.