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TIL that in December 2022, 11 Crumbl Cookies franchises across six U.S. states were fined by the Department of Labor for violations of child labor laws by hiring minors. In total, the Crumbl franchisees were fined $57,854.

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E1mrP TIL - hares are Jack and Jills. Male hares are called Jacks and females are called Jills.
Je74 TIL by eating herbivores with seeds in their stomachs and then leaving scat across a large range, cougars are able to plant around 94,000 plants a year.
m1ZWo TIL Levi's allegedly wanted to use the Dead Kennedys song "Holiday in Cambodia" for a jeans commercial. Or so former lead singer Jello Biafra claims, the rest of the band claims this was an attempt to discredit them due to owed royalties.
arZM TIL that during the era of Genghis Khan, the Mongols celebrated a victory over the Russians by laying survivors on the ground, dropping a heavy wooden gate on them, and then having a victory banquet on top of it while the victims suffocated and were crushed to death
kp15 TIL Ayn Rand took Social Security benefits and likely medicaid as well.