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TIL that the then-president of Kappa Sushi, who used to be an executive at Hama Sushi from 2014 to 2017, was arrested in 2022 for obtaining data from Hama Sushi. The data includes monthly sales figures & prices at which Hama Sushi bought its seafood. He received the data from his former colleague.

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em74 TIL There is a “Squirrel Whisperer” Student at Penn State University. She has an uncanny ability to attract squirrels, and gives them hats and earmuffs to wear.
9wdDB TIL that David Lee Roth, former vocalist of Van Halen, is a also a state-licensed emergency medical technician in New York. In 2012, he said: "I probably have over 200 9-1-1 calls on my ticket in the last six years alone. I live a very different life away from music."
R58O6 TIL The Earliest known "Spaghetti in Tomato Sauce" was from 1844. Tomatoes, native to Peru, were considered too "exotic" for Italian tastes for almost 300 years. They were initially called "Pomidoro" meaning "golden apple" referring to the yellow color variety introduced to Italians in the 1500s.
mxwLy TIL that NASA renamed it's condom sizes (used for urinating) from small, medium, and large, ginormous, and humongous because astronauts would get spacesuits dirty due to picking ill-fitting sizes.
4WKa TIL Rasputin was once a faith healer called upon to heal the Tsarevich of Russia, who was dying due to complications from hemophilia. Rasputin simply sent a telegram stating that the Tsarevich would not die. The Tsarevich recovered and Rasputin took the credit.