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TIL that Microsoft had offered to buy Yahoo for $44.6 billion in 2008. Yahoo rejected the offer stating it massively undervalued the company.

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K9AB TIL The TSA does not perform background checks on employees
Me7GV TIL that Jesus first miracle was turning water into wine and it tasted so good it was considered the best wine served at the wedding according to the Bible (John 2:1-11).
JYyDQ TIL about Louis Cyr, a French Canadian considered one of the strongest men in history. Some of his feats include a back lift of 4,337 pounds, the heaviest confirmed lift of any kind in history.
W7g8A TIL many English words and phrases are loaned from Chinese merchants interacting with British sailors like "chop chop," "long time no see," "no pain no gain," "no can do," and "look see"
9DQ7 TIL that from 1952 to 1956, billions of Kent Micronite cigarettes were sold with a filter made from asbestos. The new filter was marketed as “the greatest health protection in cigarette history.”