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gbK7 TIL: The workers at Costco stores that hand out free samples are considered outside vendors, not actual Costco employees, and work under a subcontractor called CDS that only offers services to Costco. CDS employees are paid less than Costco employees and get no benefits.
RME4 TIL that in Ancient Rome, if people wished to commit suicide, they applied to the Senate and, if their petitions were approved, were given free hemlock.
woOX1 TIL Water can exist in three states at once, The triple point is when a substance exists as a solid, liquid, and gas simultaneously due to a specific temperature and pressure. It varies for different materials, with water's triple point being slightly above freezing and 0.006 atm.
neyrW TIL in the early 1920s a prostitute died at a drunken orgy hosted by President Warren Harding.
wLnNY TIL that as a teen, the future serial killer Richard Ramirez got his first job working at Holiday Inn. While working there, he assualted a guest, but was caught and beaten by her husband. As they were traveling, the couple declined to press charges. Ramirez was then fired from his job.