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TIL that there used to be a company that you could use to print your business cards on beef jerky.

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ANmGa TIL Amazon Fire Tablets used to include access to a free, live support tech advisor through a program called “Mayday.” The program was discontinued in 2018.
AD4rB TIL that the first life insurance policy was written in 1583 in London and was for a term of one year. The insured died on day 364. The company underwriting the policy then tried to weasel out of paying by claiming they meant a lunar year (12 months of 28 days each). They lost and had to pay out.
VBkkk TIL about a HUGE cannon, built in 1464 by the Ottoman military. It was still in combat use 343 Years later. It fired projectiles weighing over 2000lbs.
E1ANp TIL that hog rectum and calamari have a taste and texture similar enough to be hard to tell apart
R7KaQ TIL Boeing wanted to make air travel 20% faster in 2001 but airlines wanted to save money and bought the Airbus A380 instead.