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TIL after objections from National Conference of Catholic Bishops, the submarine SSN-705 was renamed USS City Of Corpus Christi to better reflect the ship honoring the city in Texas as opposed to the Body of Christ.

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VMmJQ TIL Whole Foods hires its employees by a process known as "Team Member voting" (Where your coworkers in your department will vote on you. A 2/3rd majority of them must vote to keep you on in order for you to stay and become a regular team member).
MeaVB TIL that according to the UN, Facebook played a "Determining Role" in a 2017 Genocide in Myanmar, where it is estimated that 24,000 died and 700,000 fled.
DQDmD TIL that the color of earwax can indicate whether you have body odor. White earwax may mean you don’t have body-odor producing chemicals, while yellow earwax means you probably do
9YvYM TIL about Washoe, a chimpanzee who learned sign language. After her caretaker missed a few weeks work and told her "MY BABY DIED" in sign language, Washoe looked down, and then responded with "CRY" while miming the act of tears falling
XEGy6 TIL Tesla, Inc. also known as Tesla Motors, the American electric-automobile manufacturer, was founded in 2003 by American entrepreneurs Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning.