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TIL Starbucks pays more for employee health insurance than it pays for coffee

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D1P7p TIL in 1974, a lawyer wrote to the Cleveland Browns threatening to sue if their fans kept throwing paper airplanes at games, and got the reply 'Attached is a letter that we received on November 19, 1974. I feel that you should be aware that some asshole is signing your name to stupid letters.'
Xwoj TIL the British East India Company arrested hundreds of local weavers and had their thumbs chopped off in order to destroy Begal’s weaving industry in 1834.
OGe4Y TIL that B batteries do exist, but are just not a popular size.
R7Py4 TIL John Knoll, co-creator of Photoshop, also won an Oscar for his visual effects on Pirates Of The Carribean 2
6EMAl TIL In 1977 Tony Kiritsis held Richard Hall hostage for 63 hours before surrendering, Kiritsis was found not guilty by reason of insanity. At the time of the trial, Indiana law required the prosecution to prove the defendant sane, the law has subsequently changed so defense has to prove insanity.