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TIL LuLaRoe has over 150,000 "consultants", who each spend on average $7000 buying their initial batch of clothing. There are over a billion dollars in lawsuits against the company from women claiming they were pushed to buy as much as $40k in clothing, with no assistance in actually selling

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7WYZ TIL the Nazis developed experimental drug cocktail in which the Nazi doctors found that equipment-laden test subjects who had taken the drug could march 55 miles (88.5 kilometers) without resting before they collapsed.
1x1D TIL that an 18 year old was sentenced to 17 years in prison for statutory rape, his consensual underage partner was male. If it had been a girl, the maximum sentence would have been 15 months. He served in prison for 5 years until the Kansas Supreme Court ordered his release.
0d0oy TIL New Order's synth-pop classic 'Bizarre Love Triangle' slowly evolved over time as the band played it live, adding riffs and expanding the lyrics, until it took its final form. The song had several working titles and the official title may, or may not, have anything to do with the lyrics
j8yR TIL that UPS drivers that go 25 years without an accident get a bomber jacket, a special patch, and are inducted into the UPS “Circle of Honor.”
VMKap TIL: In 2010 competitive swimming banned polyurethane suits in swimming that could reduce drag up to 8%, after records were broken in droves. The thin layer of fabric was made up of tiny bubbles that trapped air and actually made the swimmer float higher in the water.