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TIL Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes raised $700M claiming her device could run 200+ blood tests from a finger prick. It didn’t work. She & COO Ramesh Balwani misled investors and patients, were convicted of fraud, sentenced to 11 & 13 years, and ordered to repay $452M. Investors lost $100Ms.

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nWorP TIL KitKat bars (UK version) grew overall by 29%, and Hershey's Milk Chocolate grew by 20% by 2015, compared to the same branded products in the 60s, but were at their largest/heaviest in the 2000s. As of 2015, Twix had shrunk, but Snickers and Mars had grown
mxvQP TIL the creators of the original Scooby-Doo show never meant for Shaggy to be perceived as a stoner. They were annoyed by the marijuana references in the live-action movie.
nWBWb TIL that shrews are not rodents despite being mouse like in appearance and size and some are venomous.
OGYOX TIL during World War II thousands of 2nd generation Japanese-Americans enlisted in the Army and were sent to the Military Intelligence Service Language School to study Japanese. They learned specific military terms, and trained to become interpreters, interrogators, and intelligence officers.
vP69x TIL: There was a study on how your major affects your marriage rate. The most likely majors to be married by age 30 are Education, Plant Science, and Microbiology majors (70-80%). The least likely majors are Geography, Theater Arts, Music, Philosophy, and International Relations majors (32-46%).