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TIL the patron saint of businesspeople is St. Homobonus.

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WkXno TIL about the art piece "Machine with Concrete" by Arthur Ganson. It's a series of gears and screws driven at 200RPM that end in a final gear embedded in concrete. At that speed it will take over 2 trillion years for the final gear to turn once.
x6avw TIL there are no such things as teacup piggies, only baby piglets who will eventually grow to regular full-size hogs.
LQpyd TIL there is a restaurant chain in Australia called Karen's Diner which is advertised as an unpleasant dining experience and that staff are instructed to insult customers throughout their meal.
Zpl7B TIL that DC refused to let the TV show "Harley Quinn" air a scene of Batman giving oral to Catwoman because they said "Heroes don't do that"
7r447 TIL that only 4% of mammals on Earth are wild. 36% are humans, and 60% are livestock.