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TIL that Costco doesn’t hire business school graduates.
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TIL that sanctions against Iraq in the 1990s are estimated to have killed over 500,000 children. When confronted with this statistic, then Secretary of State Madeleine Albright remarked that this cost was “worth it” to promote regime change
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TIL from 1340s, the English and later British monarch also claimed the throne of France until the formation of the United Kingdom in 1800
9OAD
TIL a European hare can run at 37 body lengths per second, whereas a cheetah can only run 23.
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TIL that counter strike was a mod of half-life created by two programmers which was released in 1999. Due to the popularity of the mod, sales for half-life went up and, subsequently, the two friends were hired by valve who also acquired the game’s intellectual property.
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TIL Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS) is often added to toothpaste to act as a foaming agent. A Norwegian study in 1994 revealed that this almost tripled the rates of mouth ulcers to those susceptible.