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TIL Before becoming the "Chocolate King", Milton S Hershey made a fortune in caramel.

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Ev6w TIL that usury, the practice of giving loans that unfairly enrich the lender (e.g., interest), is condemned in most religious texts, including those of Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, Judaism, and others.
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QdZM TIL that in China in 757 during the siege of Suiyang, while they were short of food, the general Zhang Xun ordered his soldiers to kill the civilians in order to feed themselves. At the end of the siege ten months later, 20,000 to 30,000 people were eaten and only 400 were left.
nWnX9 TIL about Snake Island, an island off the coast of São Paulo, Brazil which is closed to the public for safety reasons. It is the only known home of the endangered Golden Lancehead, whose cytotoxic venom is up to 5 times stronger than other pit vipers.
Gv04 TIL that not swinging your arms when you walk increases the effort of walking by 12%, the equivalent of walking 20% faster or carrying a 10 kg backpack.