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TIL- That Ben and Jerry’s used to have a policy that no employee could make more than five times what the lowest paid worker was paid.

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JYZM4 TIL about a swimming pool which was built in middle of Mojave desert, as an art installation, the location to which was not released to public. Users had to get the keys to the pool from MAK center in West Hollywood, who would provide the GPS coordinates to the pool.
ae6y TIL Alligators are native only to the United States and China
VOO0 TIL during the filming of “Titanic” someone put the drug PCP in lobster chowder that was served to the cast and crew. 80 people were hospitalized with hallucinations. Upon hearing of this James Cameron made himself vomit before the effects of the drug fully kicked in.
OQM4 TIL Intel corporation gets 100% of its electricity from renewable sources.
KOXWQ TIL there is a festival in Ireland where they marry a local schoolgirl to a wild goat for 3 days