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TIL that both OJ Simpson and Lance Armstrong sat on Corporate Audit Boards

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5YxGR TIL that after World War 2, Japanese insurance companies started putting in one-year exemption clauses in their policies, so that people who would sign in must wait one year before killing themselves to get the money. As a result, the suicide rate spiked on the thirteenth month of the contract.
b9Pda TIL There is an infallible conspiracy (cannot be disproven) called Last Thursdayism that simply states that the world was created last thursday
eGd5 TIL Schiphol Airport sends Heathrow a cake when a delay in its expansion occurs as a thank you for helping their own airport increase numbers
4XPDg TIL The Ciabatta was created in 1982 by a baker in Verona, Veneto, Italy, in response to the popularity of French baguettes.
7rR4Z TIL following a 2016 fatal shooting of a man aboard one of their trains, BART admitted 77 percent of train cameras were fake or didn’t work