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TIL in 2003, billionaire Eddie Lampert was kidnapped by two men and placed blindfolded in a motel bathroom. Then, his captors made a mistake: they ordered pizza with his credit card. Lampert was then able to negotiate with them that it was better to let him go. The kidnappers were caught within days

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BrO6W TIL A man had surgery in order to give himself a ten pound penis
5YEDp TIL that medical students practice some of the more invasive exams (i.e. rectal, vaginal) on specially trained actors, who guide them through the procedure, as going through real patients from the get-go could damage the confidence of med students
1ad5P TIL presenteeism—the problem of workers’ being on the job but, because of illness or other medical conditions, not fully functioning appears to be a much costlier problem than its productivity-reducing counterpart, absenteeism.
d8end TIL that in 2015 A research study on the efficiency of mosquito repellents found that Victoria’s Secret’s Bombshell perfume actually repelled mosquito’s better than nearly all the other non-DEET products
X0G9j TIL Bob Moore, founder of Bob’s Red Mill, refused to sell to corporations, citing the Bible: "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." Instead, he gave his $100M company to his 700 employees via an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). The company now sells in over 70 countries.