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TIL that Martin Shkreli spread false rumors online and attempted to interfere with FDA drug approval in order to sabotage companies whose stock he was short-selling

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kpJg TIL a prize of $1 million has been offered to anyone who can demonstrate that $7,250 audio cables are any better than ordinary audio cables.
D1eLe TIL Jeff Bezos funded a team that searched the Atlantic Ocean for discarded NASA rockets. By 2013, the team salvaged two rockets. After careful inspection, the team realized they found part of the rockets used to carry Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins to the moon on Apollo 11.
WwLN TIL that during a Roman Triumph, which were rare, spectacular parades commemorating the honor awarded to a victorious Roman general by the Senate, a slave would have to accompany the honored while whispering “Remember: you will die” into their ear so that they may not let the honor go to their head.
BrZle TIL that during the filming of 'Kill Bill' Uma Thurman felt uncomfortable driving in one particular scene and requested a stunt man to do it. Tarantino declined this request and Thurman ended up losing control of the car, suffering a concussion and damage to her knees.
9wKKG TIL the Pirahã tribe has a very unique culture and language. Among other unusual features, they appear to be the world’s only people who lack words for numbers or any concept of counting. They also have no past tense, no way of describing colors, and no concept of the ancient past or distant future.