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TIL Ben Feldman was one of the most successful salespeople in history. During his career, he sold a total of $1.8B in life insurance. With a world record for the most products sold in a single day - $20M! - his yearly commissions were equal to those of entire sales forces.

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jP1p TIL crows are smart. They have episodic-like memory, fashion tools to harvest food, and can tell one human from another by facial recognition.
nNRr TIL that research has shown that “Airplane!” is the funniest movie ever made, clocking in at 3 laughs per minute.
46RR TIL that 11 squared is 121, 111 squared is 12321, 1111 squared is 1234321, and so on, leading up to 111111111 squared, which is 12345678987654321. Such results are known as palindromic numbers
DNbr TIL girls with absentee fathers go through puberty earlier than their peers
JYp9B TIL that live squirrel monkeys were advertised - for real - for sale on the back of comics and magazines in the late 60’s/early 70’s. They sold for the low low price of $18.95. Many were purchased by children. Many of the monkeys attacked when opened. The attached is just one account.