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TIL that Mark Cuban was fired for making a sale. Living in an apartment with no bed he made a sale for $1500 commission and was fired that day. It was the last time he ever worked for someone else.

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e0Wb5 TIL that Longyou Grottoe, which are no less than 2,000 years old, represent one of the largest underground excavations of ancient times. Scientists from around the world have absolutely no idea how they were built, by whom, and why.
wLKx6 TIL the word "quack" comes from the Dutch word "quacksalver", and originally referred to doctors and dentists who advocated mercury amalgam fillings. When mercury amalgams were invented in the 1800s most medical professionals rejected their use as too dangerous.
OGBXg TIL Bruce Springsteen's hit "Born in the U.S.A." isn't celebrating patriotism, but criticizing war, and relating veterans' hardships
9w0y6 TIL: Mick Jackson, director of kooky ‘90s Steve Martin romcom, ‘LA Story’, is the same guy who directed the notoriously trauma-inducing British TV movie about nuclear apocalypse, ‘Threads’. These two films could not be more different if they tried.
wLYXP TIL NASA found an area on Mars which supposedly has sand dunes that look like Morse code. They have dubbed it “Martian Morse Code”