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TIL the current CEO of Cinnabon is a 35 year old women that formerly worked at Hooters and worked her way up the ranks

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yVG4v TIL: Niger has more births per year than Japan despite having around 1/5th the population
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9Y8jM TIL that people sentenced to death by beheading were advised to give the headsman a gold coin to ensure he did not botch the beheading and cause a painful death by multiple strokes
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