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TIL Second Chance Coffee Co. in Illinois conducts FBI background checks to make sure those seeking employment with the company have actually been to prison because the company only hires ex-inmates.

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69R4Z TIL Machu Picchu was the guarded secret of a few Peruvian farmers until 1911 when one of them agreed to guide an American explorer up the mountain for the price of a few coins.
gQdb TIL that two days before Chuck Yeager’s historic first flight to break the sound barrier, he fell off a horse and broke two ribs. He did not tell anyone, apart from his wife, and his friend Jack Ridley, who made him a device to close the X-1’s hatch out of a broom handle.
9wxD6 TIL that Bruce Gamble was a goalie in the NHL for ten years, but his career ended after he suffered a heart attack during a game. He completed the game and did not complain of problems until afterward. He was admitted to a hospital the next day, where it was found that he had had a heart attack.
YpYar TIL that when the US Marines were first experimenting with reconnaissance drones, they named their model the "Bikini" because it was a "small item that covered a large area of interest."
VLJG TIL that Nestlé are draining developing countries water only to make them buy it back.