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TIL Despite common belief, in every state it is legal to give performance information in a job reference. Many even protect the employer from being sued for defamation.

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vPPr4 TIL the TV channel TLC was originally founded by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare and NASA to transmit educational lessons to children in schools.
jNjGQ TIL William James saw the "social self" as a self each person has that adapts to the social context of a group, meaning that it's observable to behave differently in group situations and even within differing groups
e0YD5 TIL the voice recordings of "A Charlie Brown Christmas," were completed in one day. The sophisticated dialogue meant phrases such as "eastern syndicate," were difficult for the young child actors to pronounce. Jefferson Airplane was recording next door and came over to get the children's autographs.
xVlRg TIL convicted child molester and suspected serial killer of children Nathaniel Bar-Jonah was found with recipes for cooking children "little boy pot pie," "french fried kid," and phrases such as "lunch is served on the patio with roasted child."
a87wo TIL Colin Hanks (Tom Hanks Son) owns a handkerchief company called Hanks Kerchiefs