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TIL in 2005 Starbucks spent more on health insurance for its employees than on raw materials needed to brew its coffee.

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epRPk TIL the US Navy named a warship after Harold Holt, an Australian Prime Minister who disappeared while swimming. The ship was eventually used as a training target and sunk in 2002.
6lgX TIL that there are more museums in the U.S. than there are Starbucks and McDonalds combined
rRvb1 TIL sound therapists came together to create a song specifically designed to reduce anxiety. Listening to that one song — “Weightless” — resulted in a 65% reduction in participants’ overall anxiety, and a 35% reduction in their usual physiological resting rates.
Zpy44 TIL; that a group of butterflies are called a Kaleidoscope and they taste with their feet.
8amQZ TIL billiards can refer to any kind of tabletop game played with a cue stick and cue ball, while pool largely means a game with pockets