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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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ZpYro TIL of Operation Frankton wherein British Commandos attempted to kayak into German occupied ports during WWII and place limpet mines on ships
kJOxW TIL that the first Minister of Finance of Iraq was Jewish. One of his notable decisions was demanding that Iraq’s oil revenue be remunerated in gold rather than sterling - a decision that saved Iraq huge sums of money when the Pound sterling plummeted.
9dGm TIL giraffes have been called “especially gay” for often engaging in homosexual behavior more than heterosexual sex
D1jNP TIL of the Dobbertin Surface Orbiter, a all-terrain vehicle created from a stainless steel milk tanker, has covered 33,000 miles on land, has passed through 28 countries, transits the open ocean and is the first car to transit the Panama Canal.
dNkZ TIL lead acetate (the form of lead found in lead paints) was once used as an artificial sweetener