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TIL Consumers lose $3 billion a year in unspent gift cards, with starbucks itself having $140 million in unused gift cards.

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4eJN TIL America’s first female self-made millionaire was a black woman
4AA5 TIL Noodles, the guitarist for The Offspring, was the janitor for the school the band went to. He was allowed into the band because he was old enough to buy the band alcohol.
YpPmZ TIL there's an instrument that makes the horror/suspense noises in some movies and video games
JKjV TIL when Soviet Minister Molotov stated that the cluster bombs being dropped on Finland were actually food, the Finns began sarcastically calling the bombs “Molotov bread baskets,” which they responded to with their own “Molotov cocktails,” as “a drink to go with the food.”
XPQE TIL when the U.S. government suppressed Native religions to convert them to Christianity, some called it “making apples”, as the Indians would still appear ‘red’ on the outside, but would be made 'white’ on the inside.