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TIL that the most valuable company in Europe isn't the French giant LVMH, it's the Danish Ozempic seller (+1000% profit) Novo Nordisk

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Z8ypa TIL that 70s prog rockers Ambrosia took the lyrics from a 1976 track, "Nice, Nice, Very Nice," from a Kurt Vonnegut novel. When Vonnegut heard the song on the radio, he wrote the band a letter that said, "Music is the only art that’s really worth a damn. I envy you guys."

69voJ TIL That judges are more inclined to be lenient with sentencing after a having meal, and in turn, more severe before the break. This is called the Hungry Judge Effect.

Zpmdo TIL Wolfgang Bodison was originally the location manager for "A Few Good Men." When Rob Reiner couldn't find an actor who was right for the pivotal role of Harold Dawson, one of the young marines on trial, he cast the unknown and inexperienced Bodison.

4XEYN TIL The displaying of the Mona Lisa has caused its colors to become quite faded. A sister painting made by a student of Da Vinci at the same time was kept in storage and is much more vibrant.

mx77O TIL that while living in the White House President Benjamin Harrison had two opossums named Mr. Reciprocity and Mr. Protection.