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TIL Signal Reception Bars on your phone don’t indicate how good or bad your reception is

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Ed7W TIL Newman’s own foods donates 100% of its post tax profits to charity. As of June 2012 these donations have exceeded 330 million dollars.
GYyL4 TIL That, during the War of the Currents, Thomas Edison became so desperate to convince people that Tesla's current was more harmful than his own, that he began paying young boys 25 cents per stray dog they brought him, so he could publicly electrocute them with Tesla's current to prove his point.
gMrY8 TIL of Robert the Doll who inspired chucky that people apologize to after they take its picture as it brings them bad luck.
kO0ne TIL about Richard Jewel, who found a bomb and evacuated the area, saving many lives. He was investigated and despite never being charged, he underwent a "trial by media" with great toll on his life. Jewel's case is an example of the damage that can be done by media based on bias.
1aP5P TIL of "The Battle of the Words" in 1915 during WW1, where Belgian and German trenches were a mere 45 metres (150 feet) apart, leading to each sides throwing insults at each other all day and night. It eventually became so annoying the Belgian commander forbade his men from talking to the Germans.