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TIL an investor and operator of a hedge fund has placed a $1,000,000,000 special bet (known on the stock market as a “short”) against the shady multilevel marketing company, Herbalife. If they lose money, he makes money. He plans to donate his profits to charity.

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Y7Dxd TIL Nata de coco and nata de piña (soft gelly cubes often put into drinks, similarly to bubble tea) aren't made from the flesh of the fruit but from coconut water/juice going through a fermentation process where bacteria (Komagataeibacter xylinus) convert it into (bacterial) cellulose.
PW1g TIL the NEAR Shoemaker probe landed on the asteroid Eros on February 12, 2001
aweMy TIL that there’s a plantation turned prison in Louisiana that looks straight out of the 1800’s making prisoners pick cotton while guards are on horseback
Z8m4Y TIL about the Battle of Saragarhi, in which 21 Sikh soldiers of the 36th Sikh Regiment were stationed at an army post and were attacked by 10,000 to 12,000 Afghans. The Sikhs chose to fight to the death, in what is considered by some military historians as one of history's greatest last stands.
mxK7R TIL Yahoo Serious tried to sue the search engine Yahoo! for trademark infringement. The case was thrown out as Serious couldn't prove he sells products or services under the name Yahoo so couldn't prove that he suffered harm or confusion due to the search engine