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TIL that the human stomach can dissolve razor blades
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TIL Bausch & Lomb packaged identical lenses under 4 different brands with different pricing, charging $3 to $70 per pair depending on how often the lenses would be replaced. They also repackaged lens cleaning solution (23¢ per ounce) as eye drops, which sold for $4.49 per ounce.
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TIL Walmart gives its managers a 53-page handbook called “A Manager’s Toolbox to Remaining Union-Free ” which provides helpful strategies and tips for union-busting.
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TIL about the Novgorod Republic a medieval state, with a democratic government far in advanced of the rest of Europe, stretching from the Gulf of Finland in the west to the northern Ural Mountains in the east, from the 12th to 15th centuries.
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TIL about Ambroise Paré, a barber surgeon (he was both) who discovered that a mixture made of egg yolk, oil of roses and turpentine was more effective in treating war wounds than boiling oil, which was the standard treatment method at that time.
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TIL sharks are afraid of dolphins