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TIL Little Debbie is named/modeled after one of the founder's granddaughters, and she's still working for the company as an executive vice president

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Brpjr TIL there was a black samurai who served under the daimyō Oda Nobunaga who praised him for his strength and was given his own residence and a short, ceremonial katana by Nobunaga. When they first met, Nobunaga suspected his skin was covered in ink and had his skin scrubbed.
XEXpk TIL BCG (a bacteria) can be used as treatment for bladder cancer, effective trading one malady for another.
mpax TIL:The shark Bruce from Finding Nemo was actually named after the model sharks they used in Jaws
ZGyo TIL private companies can outsource call centers to US federal inmates in lieu of offshoring. Federal Prison Industries pays inmates between $0.23/hr and $1.15/hr.
EJJX TIL the Vikings had swords marked with “Ulfbehrt” using high carbon “crucible steel” not made again until the Industrial Revolution, 800 years later. Maker history is yet unknown.