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TIL Costco loses an estimated 30 to 40 million dollars annually by sticking to a $4.99 price point on rotisserie chicken in order to keep members happy and foot traffic high

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aPlJ TIL Gentlemen should rest merry - not merry gentlemen should rest. There’s a comma you don’t sing in the Christmas carol “God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen”
9wQxB TIL about the Chinese "Fuxing high-speed train" which is among the world's fastest at 350 km/h (217 mph)
wLxoY TIL of the Sharp EL-8061 - essentially a pocket-watch/calculator hybrid
b9M1E TIL Tongan custom dictates that one should not imitate the actions of persons one is honoring, so at Elisabeth II's coronation; the Queen of Tonga rode her carriage in the pouring rain refusing to pull the hood up as Elisabeth did.
JNem TIL that the retailer Target has a “walk of shame” policy intended to cause emotional distress to employees accused of wrongdoing, by having them publicly arrested and paraded through the store in handcuffs.