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TIL the fattest city in the United States, Huntington, West Virginia, has more pizza places than the entire state of West Virginia has gyms and health clubs.

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16gxO TIL: The author of a best selling book chronicling the atrocities of Imperial Japan, fell into depression and committed suicide just seven years after the book was published
woXbW TIL The Nazi rewards program, "Strength Through Joy", gave workers a shot at prizes like theatre trips, picnics, and cheap travel! It began after Hitler abolished unions, upped the max workweek to 72 hours, and outlawed going on strike, wage bargaining, or leaving work without permission.
9dLG TIL that in 2011, after being nominated for worst company in America again, Comcast tried to get their employees to vote multiple times in an effort to not be the worst company. Before they issued the memo, they had 65% of the vote. After news got out, they had over 83%.
GxE5 TIL Roman Emperor Commodus was known to fight exotic animals in the arena, often to the horror of the Roman people. He once killed 100 lions in a single day. For each appearance in the arena, he charged a million sesterces, straining the Roman economy.
Brank TIL of bog butter—an ancient waxy substance often found buried in peat bogs that was used as a way of preserving butter in ancient Ireland. The butter would gain flavor notes from its surroundings that were namely described as “gamey,” “moss,” “funky,” “pungent,” and “salami.”