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TIL: For decades the US Government experimented with radiation on unknowing citizens including disabled children.

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KOBnB TIL Electronic Arts acquired PopCap Games back in 2011 for more $650 Million Dollars plus $100 Million in Stocks and Multi-Year Bonus which totals up to $1.3 Billion in total acquisition price
y0RJ TIL The Fibonacci sequence can be used to model an amazing variety of phenomena in mathematics, science, art and nature. It can be found in computer algorithms and seen in the branching of trees, or the spirals of a conch shell or a galaxy, but no one can really explain why.
r9pd TIL US sugar policy makes sugar more expensive and promotes High-fructose corn syrup consumption through price support, tariffs and domestic market controls.
Jm1B TIL that guard llamas are real thing and they can tear an animal apart with their teeth and sharp nails. They are used to protect farm animals from coyotes and foxes. Most llamas also have innate dislike for canines and will chase and attack such intruders with “extreme prejudice”.
OGxja TIL that the British Royal Family are the largest landowners in the world. Followed by the Catholic Church and the Inuit People of Nunavut