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TIL UnitedHealth Group made $23 billion in profit last year, over 4x what it made a decade ago

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16nbr TIL Waist chop or waist cutting, also known as cutting in two at the waist, was a form of execution used in ancient China. As its name implies, it involved the condemned being sliced in two at the waist by an executioner.
kYj5 TIL because of a translation error years ago, women buy men chocolate in Japan on Valentines Day…a practice that persists until today
jk1Q TIL that John Cusack once asked his agent to present him with the “craziest, most unproduceable script you can find.” His agent presented “Being John Malkovich”. Impressed with the script, Cusack auditioned and won a role in the film
ANY4d TIL in 1903 Japan operated "human zoos" of their colonies. These lasted until they mistakenly put a schoolteacher on exhibit who confused spectators by making eloquent speeches & fundraising for his school while wearing traditional dress, embarrassing the organizers
7rvxL TIL that unlike chicken eggs, quail eggs do not have salmonella due to their higher body temperature