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TIL that Samsung was originally founded as a 40-employee trading company in 1938. It dealt in groceries produced in and around the city and produced its own noodles.

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ANLod TIL of Cindy James, a Canadian nurse who disappeared on May 25, 1989 and was discovered 2 weeks later. Despite the autopsy stating that she died of a combined drug overdose, she had been reporting harassment from an unknown stalker for 7 years. Her cause of death was changed to an "unknown event."
rRJd0 TIL Monowi already has one claim to fame – it’s officially the smallest town in America. It has just one resident – 80something Elsie Eiler, who acts as the mayor, librarian, town clerk, and bartender.
J1p0k TIL that The Island of the Dolls, located in Mexico, is filled with antique dolls. While it's accessible by gondola-like boats, most rowers are willing to transport people to the island, but there are those who refuse out of superstition.
ADWNg TIL: The film "The Hobbit" caused as many as 27 animals deaths during production. One horse had the skin and muscles of her leg torn off by wire fencing, several chickens were mauled to death by unsupervised dogs, and one horse was hobbled and left on the ground for three hours.
N7M8J TIL that the inventor of the frisbee was literally cremated into a frisbee when he died.