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TIL a number of hotels have begun 'rent a fish' programs whereby--for a modest fee--guests can borrow a goldfish to keep as a companion for the night.

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jkwE TIL a woman in Florida spent six years sitting on a couch. She died during surgery attempting to remove her after her skin grafted into the fabric.
9dLG TIL that in 2011, after being nominated for worst company in America again, Comcast tried to get their employees to vote multiple times in an effort to not be the worst company. Before they issued the memo, they had 65% of the vote. After news got out, they had over 83%.
XEyWk TIL When the British raised taxes on beer in the 17th century, they inadvertently made gin the cheapest alcoholic beverage in the country. The ensuing widespread consumption of gin led to substantial alcoholism problems in Britain, with the death rate overtaking the birth rate during this period
Y80B TIL Eli Lilly, the company behind the SSRI antidepressant Prozac, hid its clinical trials from the FDA that showed patients who took Prozac were 12 times more likely to commit suicide compared to older antidepressants.
PYEkZ TIL that in the 1800s, Thanksgiving was basically Halloween. Poor people would knock on doors to ak “anything for Thanksgiving?” and rich kids went out dressed in rags to mock them, up until the Great Depression when the question was always answered with NO.