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TIL In 2011 Google tied 25% of its employee bonuses to the success of Google+ and told employees to push G+ onto their family and friends.

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mxZmp TIL of False flags - a covert operation designed to deceive; the deception creates the appearance of a particular party, group, or nation being responsible for some activity, disguising the actual source of responsibility.
oBnOo TIL lung cancer in young people (50 or younger) is actually more common in non-smokers than in smokers, and is instead linked mainly to genetics.
BPmb TIL that during the Civil War, the Union ignited 8,000 lbs of gunpowder, destroying a mine under the Confederate encampment, then proceeded to charge into the crater from the explosion, got stuck in said crater, and were brutally massacred due to Confederate high ground.
GYMe1 TIL there's a tree of Italian pasta dishes with Cacio E Pepe at the very top, and each branch below changing by adding only one ingredient.
Z8Yxp TIL, In 2008, the country of Rwanda banned plastic bags and, in early 2019, banned all single use plastics.