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TIL that women can be fired for being attractive.

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v1xAR TIL the world’s poorest man is Jerome Kerviel. He is $6.3 billion dollars in debt after placing over $59 billion in mostly illegal trades at a bank he once worked for in France.
BgJxe TIL that captured slaves used to be housed in castles on west coast of Africa before being loaded in ships bound for Europe/North America
4ky5 TIL 35 years after it’s launch, it’s estimated Voyager 1’s power supply still has 76% of its initial capacity.
E6yx TIL Michael J. Fox negotiated the deal for Family Ties from a phone booth because he didn’t have a phone at home. He was told the network would need to call, and he said he was only home between the hours of four and five. He waited for the call, and fortunately he was there to answer it
5Y1yQ TIL a group of amateur astronomers around the world hunt and track government spy satellites. Governments classify these top-secret missions, but a group of dedicated spy hunters tracks the satellites and publishes the data for fun.