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TIL that every Whole Foods store employs at least one in-store artist who’s full time job is to creates all of the signs, displays, etc. you see while shopping.

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MeX7V TIL of a squirrel monkey named Miss Baker, who was one of the first animals to be launched into space by the United States and recovered alive. She lived to the age of 27, becoming the longest living squirrel monkey, and her tombstone often has a banana or two on top of it.
84DP TIL John Ashcroft, former US Attorney General, lost a Senate Race, as the incumbent, to man who died weeks before the election
DRlg TIL the designer of the Porsche 911, Butzi Porsche, was kicked out of industrial design school in his first year for apparent lack of talent. When he went to work for his father at Porsche, the company’s design director rejected his ideas, so he had the 911 prototype built by an outside contractor.
E1OlV TIL that Princess Diana's late boyfriend Dodi Al-Fayed, who was also in the fatal car crash in 1997, was first cousins with Jamal Khashoggi.
yVKvv TIL Ancient Romans used to whiten their teeth with pee (& made toothpaste using urine and powdered cow hoofs)