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TIL a survey of 1,900 workers found that: 70% of them lied on their resumes, 76% lied on their cover letters, and 80% lied during the job interview.

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6EvmX TIL that snakes have forked tongues to be able to smell in three dimensions. By picking up odours from slightly different locations they are able to tell the direction and source of the smell.
Wx9d TIL 70% of milk served in U.S. schools contains on average 4 teaspoons of added sugar per serving (about half the amount of sugar as a serving of Coke).
9A8m TIL a South African IT company proved that it was faster to send information via carrier pigeon than the country’s leading internet service provider.
77wM TIL Learned helplessness is a condition in which a person suffers from a sense of powerlessness, arising from a traumatic event or persistent failure to succeed. It is thought to be one of the underlying causes of depression.
gMmJD TIL the Monkees named their movie Head, so that if they ever released a second film they could use the tag line “from the people who gave you Head”