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TIL Ashton Kutcher is a product engineer at Lenovo and invested in Skype and Foursquare when they were startup companies

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jbPE TIL Lorillard Tobacco Company used to hand out Newport cigarettes to black children in playgrounds
xVlMo TIL: A survivor of the Charlie Hebdo shooting in Paris sued French media after giving away his location, on live TV, during the shooting.
7rdpX TIL that Union General Philip Sheridan loved his horse “Winchester” so much that he had him preserved. He can be seen today at the Smithsonian.
9YvyD TIL in 1974 the girlfriend of Ted Bundy called Seattle police to tell them he matched the description of the suspect in several murder cases. She hung up after being told, “You need to come in and fill in a report. We’re too busy to talk to girlfriends over the phone." He would kill many more women.
jNe8p TIL in the Phillipines, "some Catholics are voluntarily, non-lethally crucified for a limited time on Good Friday to imitate the sufferings of Christ. Pre-sterilised nails are driven through the palm of the hand between the bones, while there is a footrest to which the feet are nailed."