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TIL Woody Harrelson's father was a hitman who served a life sentence for killing a federal judge.

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QJNoa TIL of the Truck System, in which companies paid employees in "company scrips", which were only good in company stores. It was supposed to encourage "loyalty" of workers.
4MPR TIL that when you sign up for the CVS rewards program you are agreeing to wave your HIPAA rights, and CVS can then disclose your medical information to others
16AKW TIL Mike Judge created Boomhauer's voice based on a disgruntled viewer's voice mail that he couldn't understand. The voice mail was left during the Beavis and Butthead days. Here is a link to that voice mail.
Zmna TIL Google rents goats to replace lawnmowers at their Mountain View headquarters
vd08 TIL we call the animal a cow because the herdsmen were English, but the meat beef because chefs were often French and beef is similar to the old French word for a cow. The same is true for pig/pork, and sheep/mutton.