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TIL that some online retailers manipulate prices based on the visitor. Having a cookie history of luxury shopping could significantly raise the price.

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9YKgB TIL Every 2 years, 2 ATMs nicknamed, "The Loneliest ATM" in remote Alaska are serviced and brought up to speed and technology. The vendors chosen for that job undergo a psychological exam and a physical to make sure they’re equipped to deal with the Antarctic climate in case they get held over.
ZkgY TIL that during WWII, the CIA put out the “Simple Sabotage Field Manual” which described ways that ordinary citizens could sabotage the Nazis by doing things such as “holding conferences when there is more critical work” and “issuing 2 train tickets for the same seat to create an argument”.
YjXr TIL A woman collapsed and lay on the floor of a hospital E.R for 45 minutes as hospital staff ignored her. A janitor mopped the floor around her as she vomited blood. She was then arrested by police for causing a disturbance and died on the stretcher.
1agl4 TIL there are 13 secret green shelters built in 1875 dotted around London that only cab drivers can enter.
96yr TIL Little Tikes, red and yellow Cozy Coupe toy car reached 6 million units in sales by its 25th anniversary in 2004, and was called the “world’s best-selling car for much of this decade” by The New York Times in 1998, outselling the Honda Accord and Ford Taurus.