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VM6l0 TIL that “murder hornets” have touched down in WA and the U.S is desperately trying to eradicate them before they spread. Murder hornets are highly invasive, 2 inches long and will kill you if you’re stung a few times. It can also put you in cardiac arrest. This is what May has to offer.
69oZw TIL The only way to get free parking at UC Berkeley is to win a Nobel prize!
9Ykp TIL that Sam Walton, founder of Walmart, used to make his employees recite pledges that ended with “…so help me Sam.”
AD8jn TIL Enron traders were so blatant in creating financial fraud schemes that they once booked a sale from an imaginary buyer named M.Yass. Some sources say, the purpose was to laugh at financial regulators
DQQWj TIL King John of England deposited the crown jewels with the Knights Templar in London when he was in trouble before the Magna Carta. They were providing the world’s first international banking company.