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TIL a UPS tracking number with an “A” as the 9th character requires an adult signature, a “4” requires a signature.

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VOGZ TIL that an artist designed a euthanasia roller coaster to take people’s lives “with elegance and euphoria”.
ROK1 TIL while sexual sadist serial killer Peter Kürten was in a guillotine, he said to a priest, “Tell me… after my head is chopped off, will I still be able to hear, at least for a moment, the sound of my own blood gushing from the stump of my neck? That would be the pleasure to end all pleasures.”
VBQv4 TIL that Paraguay lost 70% of their male Population in the Triple Alliance War
BJ7k TIL that Samsung is known for its countersuing strategy, where when caught red-handed for stealing a patent, countersue, drag the suit on while churning out products to gain a marketshare and then settle once it’s too late for the competitor. This led to Pioneer laying off 10,000 employees.
rNJZy TIL a common answer to "how are you?" in French is "Ça roule ma poule" which translates to "it rolls my chicken"