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TIL Walt Whitman lost his job at the Dept. of the Interior after publishing "Leaves of Grass" because the Secretary of the Interior found it offensive.

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WL0X TIL that Paul McCartney introduced Michael Jackson to the benefits of song ownership (publishing rights) as an investment. In 1984 Jackson outbid McCartney and bought the publishing rights to ATV’s 4,000 song catalog which included nearly every Beatles song ever recorded.
nWnwG TIL crew resource management (CRM) is crucial training for teams that make important decisions. It teaches communication, leadership, and decision making. It has dramatically improved aviation safety by reducing human error. For example: encouraging pilots to question their captain.
7rkXp TIL about Continuum, a pseudoscientific magazine that denied the existence of HIV/AIDS. It ran from 1992 until 2001 and ceased publication because the editors had died of AIDS-defining clinical conditions.
5VxZB TIL that after recording the song for this commercial, Brian Johnson, the singer, went to go audition for AC/DC and he took over Bon Scott's role as lead singer after his death
rRbG4 TIL so many tools were made from Libyan sandstone in the stone age that it is enough for 84 million Great Pyramids of Giza, ~2 per square km of Africa.