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TIL Coca Cola allegedly used Colombian death squads to terrorise workers and prevent the organisation of unions

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E1mp7 TIL: Rattlesnakes are losing their rattles gradually with the presence of humans. 400 years ago, they would have greeted you with a blood-curdling rattle. But now human presence around them increased and they took a decision not to rattle when they perceived danger.
R7BK4 TIL After publishing his 1953 National Book Award winning debut novel Invisible Man, Ralph Ellison got to work on his second novel. In 1967 the manuscript of his already-overdue second novel was destroyed in a fire in his home. Ellison did not publish another novel before he died in 1994
Y7WQx TIL that the 2024 Lebanon electronic device attacks carried out by Mossad was nicknamed Operation Grim Beeper
9YKKm TIL of Jia Jiang, a startup founder who set out to overcome his fear of rejection in "100 Days of Rejection." He forced himself to ask strangers for favors with high risk of a "no" such as: Ask to borrow $100; ask for a free "burger refill" at a restaurant. His odd requests sometimes got a "yes."
DVAr TIL: The monkey wrench was named using a purposeful misspelling of Moncky, the inventor’s last name.