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TIL: In 2011, a pair of managers from Dominos set fire to a Papa Johns to boost their sales

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e01MJ TIL Joe Jamail was a billionaire Texas attorney, infamous in legal circles for his aggressive nature and colorful vulgarities (i.e. "you could gag a maggot off a meat-wagon"). He earned internet notoriety for a deposition video where he tried to fight the opposing counsel and the witness.
PYNgZ TIL the reason I can no longer get my favorite '90s reception sticks is because the maker sold the recipe to a company that then sold it later to a food company. They are holding onto the recipe as they don't produce food items but just food ingredients like canola oil.
oBvOY TIL Uraguay flight 571 crashed in the Andes in the 70s; survivors waited 2 months for help, all while being forced to eat the raw flesh of dead passengers. Two men walked 10 days and 40 miles through the mountain to safety
XEaYQ TIL about Vlado Taneski, a journalist who wrote about the women he killed. He was discovered by authorities after he wrote details of the crime in his work that was not released to the public.
m1wVo TIL 69% of panel members for the creation of the DSM-5 (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, version 5), have ties to pharmaceutical industries.