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TIL that a US developer who outsourced his job to China for a fifth of his salary was repeatedly named as star employee before getting caught.

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WNgA TIL that Mandela was recognized in the United States and Britain as being a terrorist. It wasn’t until 2008 did the United States officially removed Mandela from its terror list.
Rb96 TIL that women in Saudi Arabia are allowed to pilot airplanes but are not allowed to drive cars.
E1NNw TIL that Clint Eastwood hated the cigars that his character smoked in the “Dollars Trilogy”. Because he would have to do multiple takes, he smoked them quite a bit. According to Eli Wallach, Eastwood would sometimes tell the director: “You’d better get it this time, because I’m going to throw up.”
D188Y TIL that Pumped Up Kicks, in the writer of the songs word, A big f*** you to hipsters because they will be rocking out to the song while hating the lyrics.
GYDeg TIL every California license plate since 1947 has been made in the infamous Folsom State Prison, where inmates produce 45,000-50,000 plates each day