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TIL Samsung originally sold noodles . It wasn’t until 1970 that they started selling electronics.

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mnBO TIL that Catalan activist Enric Duran took out 68 loans from a total of 39 banks between 2006-2008, with no collateral, and no intention of repaying, and used the money to finance activist movements, as an act of ‘financial civil disobedience’
gMvMD TIL that during the Chenrobyl disaster - Alexei Ananenko, Valeri Bezpalov and Boris Baranov accepeted a suicide mission to release a safety valve in time and, in doing so, saved the world from a disaster that would have been exponentially worse than the initial explosion.
0dbG5 TIL while sailing in the Vendée Globe (a solo around-the-world race), Tony Bullimore ran into winds in the Southern Ocean that reached 100mph, capsizing his boat. He managed to find an air pocket in the upside-down vessel in pitch darkness & survived there for 4 days with only a chocolate bar to eat
GYYL7 TIL Humans kill more than 100 million sharks every year, which is about 11,000 per hour. Biologically, sharks simply can't keep up with the current rate of exploitation and demand.
QQDX TIL that Bill Cosby bought the rights to Leonard Part 6, a movie he wrote, directed, and starred in, because it was so bad he wanted to make sure it never aired on TV.