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TIL All Ben & Jerry’s Employees get to take home 3 free pints of ice cream every single day!

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m1nRy TIL that running legend Jim Fixx died of a massive heart attack at the age of 52. He ran 10 miles a day and wrote several health and fitness books.
69MpZ TIL that whales evolved from Pakicetus, a land mammal roughly the size of a wolf or large dog.
KOeO9 TIL that, since 1945, the only artists who could have - at one point - claimed to have the biggest selling album of all time were Vaughn Meader (The First Family), Carole King (Tapestry) and the BeeGees (Saturday Night Fever), before Michael Jackson released Thriller in 1984.
X0Djj TIL playing tetris shortly after a traumatic event may reduce the severity of any related PTSD
6E7xW TIL of Wally Funk, who became an aviator at 20, and in 1961 volunteered to be part of the Women in Space program. She scored higher on tests than future astronaut John Glenn. The program was cancelled. Today, at 86, she continues to fly, and has a ticket to fly into space with Virgin Galactic.