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TIL that the major American health insurance companies are one of the largest holders of fast food stock and other forms of investments.

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grVlD TIL in the 1980s, parents were upset at a Seattle firm about phone bill charges after a half-hour show featuring Santa told children to hold the telephone up to the TV whereupon touch-tone sounds would dial a 1-900 number. A spokesman said this was to prevent children from dialing the wrong number.
4kbbX TIL that ritchie valens was only 17 on the day the music died and he recorded "La Bamba" when he was 16.
VBY4m TIL That a journalist accidentally discovered his wife was the world's best Tetris player
L0kP TIL that hot dog buns originated because customers were not returning gloves loaned out by the concessionaire to handle the sausages
dDX9Q TIL The modern Western salute originated in France when knights greeted each other to show friendly intentions by raising their visors to show their faces (according to some modern military manuals, though the history is uncertain and other theories exist)