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TIL The founder of Sony hired an outspoken critic of their products so they could make better products. 20 years later, he became the president of Sony.

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nwmY TIL the least common interracial pairing is between black women and white men, followed by white women and black men. The most likely interracial marriage is between Hispanics and non-Hispanics, followed by those between white men and Asian American women.
8eyEV TIL there are 88 cities in Los Angeles County, California. Each city has a mayor and a city council.
8er9V TIL of a celebrity librarian who passed as a white woman for 40 years, which opened doors closed to Black women in the early 20th century; she earned $10,000 a year as the librarian for banker JP Morgan when most librarians earned around $400
Nkj6 TIL of Emma Gatewood, who in 1955 at the age of 67, told her children (now adults) that she was going for a walk, and became the first woman to hike the entire Appalachian Trail. She wore Keds sneakers and only carried an army blanket, a raincoat and a plastic shower curtain in a homemade denim bag.
rGxM TIL that George Jung, from the movie ‘Blow’, is getting released from prison this year, in November.