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TIL the vast majority of auto insurance claims are processed through a software called Colossus, created by McKinsey, was systematically designed to increase a company's bottom line profit margins and to screw out consumers...

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8oYa TIL Danny McBride’s grandmother invited her friend’s over to watch the premiere of her grandson’s TV Show “Eastbound and Down.” Afterward, none of her friends talked to her anymore.
9YmBm TIL the Finnish government recently invested €98 million in a new central library. Finnish writers receive library royalties—they are almost as much per borrowed book as the royalty for each paperback sold.
R5RDw Today I learned that Marvel Comic's character, the Punisher, shared a comic with Archie and the gang...!
5V70Q TIL - Microsoft "BOB", the failed user-friendly interface for Win 3.x, was created as a direct response to Packard Bell's earlier "Navigator". MS tried to force them to use BOB instead, forcing Navigator off with Win 95, threats of higher Windows prices, and licensing changes forbidding alt shells.
oxY8 TIL that Iran has executed 4,000 people for being homosexual in the last 35 years, but also provides state funds for sex-change operations so that transsexuals can enter heterosexual relationships.