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TIL Costco doesn’t make money selling products - it makes all profits from membership fees

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kOaOm TIL that cruise ships have morgues in them. On average, roughly 200 people die on cruise ships each year so most ships have the capacity to store up to 10 bodies at a time
45Da TIL that blue Smarties were not removed from circulation for making kids hyper, but instead because when Nestle were replacing artificial dyes with natural ones, no natural dye could be found which would make smarties blue
OGoAL TIL about the Kanem–Bornu Empire, which originated around 700 AD, and lasted as the Bornu Empire until 1900. Remnants of it still exist even today as traditional states within Nigeria.
e0wpL TIL Dave's Killer Bread was co-founded by Dave Dahl, who spent 15 years in prison before launching the business with his brother. The company now employs over 100 ex-convicts (about 33% of staff) and sold in 2015 for $275M.
Yp5AW TIL mercy dogs were trained during World War I to comfort mortally wounded soldiers as they died in no man's land