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TIL CEO of Three Market Square microchips employees

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5VKLk TIL Portuguese Jesuit missionaries João Cabral and Estêvão Cacella became the first Westerners to visit Bhutan and Nepal in 1627
jjBp TIL that Gamestop sells used copies of “The Last of Us” for $55, but don’t replace the $10 online pass, making it $5 more expensive to buy a preowned version if you want the full game.
Brxbe TIL that honeybees didn't exist in California until 1853, and even though bees in general are critical to the environment, honeybees specifically are far more important for agriculture of a few specific crops.
4ky0a TIL about Alex Batty, an 11 y.o. boy who disappeared after being abducted by his mother and grandfather to live "off the grid" in Morocco. He escaped when he was 17 and was picked up by a delivery driver as he attempted to walk to Toulouse carrying a backpack, a flashlight, and a skateboard.
LZl9 TIL in 2016 Beyoncé launched a clothing range aimed at “supporting and inspiring” women. A month later it was revealed female sweatshop workers were being paid less than $1 an hour to make the clothing