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TIL: Employees are more likely to steal from their workplace than the customers who shop there are.

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J1NNv TIL about Ötzi the Iceman, a remarkably well-preserved natural mummy from around 3300 BCE found in the Alps. Discovered in 1991, Ötzi is from Copper Age and had tattoos carried a copper axe, last meal was deer and grains. And still has relatives in Europe!
kEr7 TIL of the “Well to Hell” hoax, where it was reported than a group of Russian engineers (while drilling into the ground) broke into Hell, and screams of the damned could be heard. The Trinity Broadcasting Network ran with the story and claimed it proved the existence of Hell.
L8JV TIL Bob Barker, former host of ‘The Price is Right’ once spent $700k to move three elephants to a more comfortable climate
JmNk TIL That the X-Files related “Scully Effect” is actually an entirely unproven effect with no scientific sources supporting its cultural significance other than anecdotal stories.
696aY TIL Michael Phelps contemplated suicide after the 2012 Olympics, in which he won four gold and two silver medals.