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TIL to help prostitute's business in 16th c. Venice, the authorities designated a bridge where they could stand and show their breasts to potential clients. The bridge still stands to this day and is called "Ponte delle Tette" or the bridge of tits.

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6EjJW TIL from 1999 to 2006 John Mackey, founder of Whole Foods, made anonymous postings on a Yahoo chat forum as Rahodeb, anagram of "Deborah" supporting Whole Foods and denigrating Wild Oats, a competitor he later acquired. The messages were disclosed in court filings by the FTC.
p8BAp TIL Trakr, the hero dog of 9/11 who pulled the last survivor out of the smoking rubble of Ground Zero was cloned. Five Times.
yVM6X TIL that the most valuable company in Europe isn't the French giant LVMH, it's the Danish Ozempic seller (+1000% profit) Novo Nordisk
jNDrX TIL that polar bears and grizzly bears can have babies and they are called pizzly bears!
d8DOd TIL male fruit flies drink away pain of rejection. Males who had been rejected and who'd gotten lucky had the option of eating normal food or food spiked with alcohol. While the happy/lucky fruit flies had no preference, the rejected fruit flys were far more likely to eat the alcohol-infused food.