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TIL: There are more payday lenders in the US than there are McDonalds

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awkQL TIL that Bose, the audio equipment company was founded by Amar Bose, an MIT engineering professor who bought a high-end stereo speaker system in 1956 and was disappointed of its sound quality. Despite owning Bose, he remained as a professor. He donated most of Bose shares to MIT as non-voting.
eZy5 TIL that the term ‘bum rush’ comes from vagrants trying to take advantage of free snacks
R5Pl7 TIL about something called a cigarette umbrella it was a quirky invention from 1931 designed to protect a lit cigarette from rain. It clipped on like a mini umbrella. But it didn’t work so well.
dYr7 TIL James Franco, a non-smoker, took up smoking two packs of cigarettes a day, learned to ride a motorcycle and play guitar, and cut himself off from his loved ones, all to prepare for his role as James Dean.
LQxwV TIL that in 1996, the captain and flight engineer of a colombian cargo flight decided to prank their novice first officer by giving him control of the plane and shutting off two engines. The plane stalled immediately after takeoff and crashed into a neigbourhood, killing 22 people