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TIL that colors can affect your decision what to buy

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l7MdA TIL China built bootleg versions of many European cities, such as Paris (Tianducheng)
ne96W TIL restaurants during the German hyperinflation of the 1920s, a waiter would stand up on a table every 30 minutes to call out the new prices.
4XXMa TIL many shoe stores used to have unshielded x-ray devices, used to measure kids’ shoe fit
P0oJ TIL that pharmaceutical companies spend more on advertising than they do on actual drug research.
JYLDm TIL Chobani began after Hamdi Ulukaya saw an ad for a Kraft yogurt plant that had closed and bought it through a small business loan. Today they operate the world's largest yogurt plant and workers have 10% ownership stake. For the first few years the 800 number on the label went straight to Hamdi.