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TIL Target created an algorithm to detect which shoppers were in their second trimester of pregnancy. They sent baby marketing materials mixed in with lawn mowers and wine glasses so the women wouldn't suspect anything.

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Lkag0 TIL UFC Champion Charles Oliveira who was born in a poor family in a favela in Brazil, was diagnosed with a disease at age 7 and was told he would never walk again. His mother responded "we don't accept that." His mom then sold snacks and discarded cardboard on the streets to help fund his training
nWBeb TIL the largest biting mosquito in the US is Psorophora ciliata, or the "gallinipper", known for persistent biting and aggressiveness. They are found from Texas to New England. Large numbers of them spawn after flooding rains.
ADyEl TIL That in 1762, Benjamin Franklin had a hollow walking stick created that could secretly hold ~1 pint of oil in it. When the head of the stick was pushed down, it would release oil from the bottom. He did this to trick his friends into thinking he had the power to calm waves in troubled waters.
VNb8 TIL that the Bible has a story about a woman lusting after men “whose genitals were like those of donkeys and whose emission was like that of horses”
jNDZj TIL Bruce Willis sabotaged the production of one of his films so badly that it was scrapped after 20 days costing Disney Studios millions. To avoid legal action he made three films for them at a fraction of his normal fee. The films (Armageddon, The Sixth Sense and The Kid) grossed $1.2bn worldwide.