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TIL that Ben & Jerry Employees receive 3 free pints of ice cream per day. They also get a free gym membership.

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EbGw TIL that David Eaglemen, a neuroscientist, threw himself and other volunteers down a 150ft drop to observe perception of time as they fell.
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