Post * X0G9j — Curious Curator

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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.

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XEVNE TIL Intermarche supermarkets in France offered a 70% discount on Nutella, bringing the price down from €4.50 to €1.40. This led to riots & violence in stores. One customer claimed 'They are like animals. A woman had her hair pulled, an elderly lady took a box on her head, another had a bloody hand.'

loOaK Til- Harper Lee's friends, for Christmas gave her 1 years salary, so she could write. She went on to write To Kill a Mockingbird. One of the most recognized books of all time.

9YpWQ TIL that Axe advertising was targeted to work on insecure males. The ads were so succesful that the brand eventually backpedaled, as the brand was being too closely associated with their target group.

1akrD TIL During early days of telescopic observation, the light regions on Mars were thought to be continents, so they were given names that described land masses. On a night of bad seeing without steady air, Mars is a boiling orange blob

oRYb7 TIL that the US government wasted $247 billion dollars in 2022 alone ($2.4 trillion in the past 20 years) simply due to payment errors.