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TIL the "Pac-Man defense" is when a company being bought out in a hostile takeover counterattacks by trying to buy out the aggressor.

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GAROG TIL that Thanksgiving is the most popular single day for Chinese immigrants in NYC to get married, as it is generally the only day on which entire families will not be at work. Restaurants have to be booked a year in advance, with as many as 10 receptions hosted in a single day.
9wVwX TIL The Germans started shooting their bullets backwards in response to the British using tanks. These reversed bullets were blunt and thus wouldn't be as easily deflected, denting armor and spitting fragments at the crew.
P0nO TIL that Sid Vicious was such a poor bassist that when performing with the Sex Pistols his band mates would often unplug his amplifier mid-performance.
69oeQ TIL Jonas Salk, Who Invented the Polio Vaccine, Could Have Been the Richest Person in the World If He Had Patented It, but He Chose to Give It Away for Free
nDVG TIL nearly 40% of the medical advice given on the Dr. Oz show has no scientific evidence backing it up.