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TIL That Facebook lied about high video view counts to attract investors and charge higher premiums for hosting videos, and is the reason that sites like Cracked, College Humor, and Funny or Die nearly went out of business

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xwK1 TIL how Oskar Schindler - in addition to saving the lives of 1,200 Jews during WW2 by hiring them to work in his factory - purposely recalibrated the machines to produce bogus artillery shells for the German war effort.
woJeY TIL Flossing is basically pointless.
VBlG0 TIL the voice actress for Snow White's career was ruined because Disney did not allow voice actors to be credited for their work. Disney even blacklisted her and paid her a meager amount for her 3 years of work. She was not even invited to the film premiere, and struggled to find work afterwards.
Br8oK TIL about the Cleaner Shrimp and how it operates a Cleaning Station in the sea. The Shrimp waves its antenna to signal its availability to approaching fishes and the fish changes color from light to dark indicating that it wants to be cleaned , the fish don’t eat the shrimp that rid them of pests
WkAZA TIL we can't exactly determine someone's age scientifically