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TIL that Red Lobster lost ~3.5 million dollars on its Endless Snow Crab deal in 2003

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p6db TIL that a Greek veteran, Stamatis Moraitis was diagnosed with cancer and was told he only had 6 months to live. 10 years later, he went back to doctors to tell them he was still alive, only to discover that all of the doctors who had diagnosed him were dead.
W706Y TIL A study done by Zoo Atlanta observing panda maternal behavior showed that mothers were found to care differently for males than for females during the early part of development
maNE TIL chocolate milk was invented by an Irishman while visiting Jamaica in the 1680s. Locals mixed cocoa with water - which Hans Sloane found nauseating - so instead he mixed it with milk to make it more pleasant. He brought the recipe to England, where it was made and sold by pharmacists as medicine
Me0dV TIL Some fundamentalist members of the Mormon faith believe Bigfoot is Cain from the Bible, damned to walk the Earth forever as a ferocious beast as punishment for killing his brother Abel.
7G8O TIL that Burkina Faso students invented a soap that repels the malaria mosquito – malaria is the highest cause of death is Sub-Saharan Africa