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TIL Aflac, An American ‘insurance company’ has been rated as one of the most ethical companies for seven straight years.

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PYXLe TIL of autistic savant Mark DeFriest, aka Houdini of FL. Arrested on a minor charge as a teen, he got a life sentence from escapes/attempts & pranks. He made a zip gun from a toothpaste tube, replicated keys from memory. In & out of prison since 1978, 27 yrs in solitary; he's in prison to this day.
9YGnr TIL the Lockheed F104 'Starfighter' jet, widely used in the 1960's earned the nickname 'The Widowmaker' in Germany as the German air force lost nearly 32% of their F104 in accidents/malfunctions with 116 Pilots dying..
D14rV TIL one Canadian group controls 72% of the maple syrup supply in the world
KD6B TIL drug lords Pablo Escobar and El Mexicano once bet $2 million on a soccer game. They each hand-picked a dream team of professional soccer players and flew them to Escobar’s home to play the game on his own private field (fast forward to 25:51).
p8P6p TIL The French government bombed and sunk a Greenpeace ship while it was harboured at Auckland, New Zealand. A photographer was killed, and two French agents were apprehended.