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TIL that Starbucks spends more money on health insurance for its employees than on coffee beans.

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VBNED TIL more than 40 camels were disqualified from a Saudi beauty contest after being found to have received Botox injections to enhance their looks in 2021
wLvKP TIL the five-dot pattern commonly found on six-sided dice is called a Quincunx.
oBVJK TIL due to the fact that NASA Astronauts were not allowed to take gifts or endorsements, GM leased several Astronauts Corvettes during the 1960s and 70s for just 1 dollar.
6Q5m TIL we’re now exposed to as much data in a single day as someone in the 15th century would be in their entire lifetime.
XEEp6 TIL that Berlin Jew Stella Kubler outed between 600 and 3,000 other Berlin Jews during WWII and thus sent them to their deaths. After the war, she converted to Christianity, immigrated to Canada, and ended up committing suicide in 1994.