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TIL that Costco doesn’t hire business school graduates.

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b6yD7 TIL in 1998 Lay's introduced fat free "WOW" chips containing a fat substitute called "Olestra." They were incredibly popular with $400 million in sales their first year. The following year sales dropped in half as Olestra caused side effects like "abdominal cramping, diarrhea, and "anal leakage"
d8yK8 TIL that since ancient times in India, Freedom of Expression and Public Discourse have been not only been respected but formalized with specific rules
DmZD TIL That King Charles II of Spain and last of the Spanish Hapsburg rulers was so inbred that his grandmother was also his aunt and all of his great-grandparents were cousins.
Wk1pY TIL of a garden in England dedicated entirely to poisonous plants. It's the most dangerous garden in the world. It holds over 100 killer plants such as, hemlock, strychnine, and nightshade.
GYZMG TIL Ben, from Ben & Jerry's ice cream, has no sense of smell and gets his "food enjoyment" from texture. This is why the brand puts chunky ingredients in their ice cream.