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TIL that Apple Makes New Employees Work on Fake Products Until Apple Can Trust Them

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VBQr4 TIL about Christmas eye, a seasonal epidemic of corneal inflammation occurring in a particular part of Australia, the pain of which is ‘torturous’ and ‘on par with giving birth’
woPGP TIL that before the discovery of electricity, electric rays were called "torpedo", from Latin "torpidus" meaning 'numb' or 'paralysed'. Torpedoes as weapons were later named after these animals.
QJlOp TIL the Philippines is one of two countries, the other being Vatican City, that doesn't allow divorce. Instead, citizens have to go through an expensive & complex annulment process to circumvent the divorce ban.
vPj0x TIL Simply calmly treading the water in a rip tide can return you to shore in 3 minutes, because rip currents are really whirlpools, according to an oceanography professor's study that sensors to analyze the flow of wave water. (Source: nps.edu, 2010)
lyEG TIL After killing Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr traveled to Europe and solicited funds to raise an army and invade Mexico. He planned on making himself the king of Mexico.