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TIL The IRS has a plan in its employee handbook how to collect taxes following a nuclear attack

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LQrEV TIL During an interview with Stephen Hawking, the camera operator mistakenly tugged a cable, triggering an alert and forcing Hawking to slump forward. Everyone panicked, believing they had wounded him, only to discover he was simply laughing at his own joke. The alert was triggered by an office comp
W7eGA TIL that until the 17th century, the Golconda mines (in India) were the ONLY source of diamonds on Earth.
m1axO TIL: The original Roman calendar had only 10 months, starting in March and ending in December, with no winter months. We still see traces of it today: September (7th month), October, November, and December (10th) reflect their original positions before January and February were added later.
jNb0M TIL Lord Byron kept a pet bear in his dormitory while studying at Cambridge.
Ola7 TIL while free to watch online, the single ticket price for attending a TED talk starts at $8,500!