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TIL Companies lose more money from theft by employees than theft by customers

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x6jOD TIL during an exploration around Peru, in 1940 pilots spotted an isolated hamlet in the jungle. The village was founded by Carlos Fitzcarrald around 1890: and was inhabited by rubber tappers who were apart of his colonizing effort, before the end of the rubber boom isolated them. Story in comments.
90dD TIL the iconic Rolling Stone cover photograph of a naked John Lennon curling up next to Yoko Ono was taken 5 hours before he was shot and killed.
ZgKv TIL that in 1963 there was a Canadian band called “Four Niggers and a Chink”. They broke up in 1969 and then got back together in 1990. In 1990 they went by “Bobby Taylor and the Vancouvers”.
oBO0E TIL: Wreaths Across America was started by the same family that owns a wreath manufacturer, Worcester Wreath. 75-80% of Worcester Wreath's business is supplying wreaths to the charity though an essentially no-bid contract.
a8weo TIL that troops used wet hemp bales to protect themselves from musket, and even cannon, fire