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TIL that Ferrero, the maker of Nutella, is one of the most secretive company in the world; it designs its machines in-house and does not allow press tours

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YAaW TIL that the city of Vernon, Florida has been nicknamed “nub city” because so many residents have intentionally amputated limbs, disguising the injury as an accident, as a means of insurance fraud. One man had 25+ open insurance policies and collected over $1,000,000 after amputating his left foot
EGp7 TIL Japan successfully landed an unmanned spacecraft on an asteroid, collected samples in 2005. The probe returned to earth in 2010.
pYGN8 TIL that the US post office turns children’s letters to Santa into a giant gift registry that allows citizens to fulfill children’s Christmas wishes
nRdP TIL: Coyotes ‘play’ with skunks in order to get sprayed and camouflage their scent making it easier to stalk other prey.
OGEL1 TIL when Tim Berners-Lee proposed what later became the WWW, his superior noted it as „vague but exciting“