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TIL that women can be fired for being attractive.

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ydkw TIL John Henry’s famous race against the steam drill really did happen in 1870. He was able to win because the machine kept getting hung up and lost time.
leNV TIL Paul Revere was a dentist. A silversmith by trade, he learned the trade to make ends meet when he was poor. He used to be able to identify fallen soldiers by their dental work he’d crafted. He’s recognized as the first forensic dentist.
PYpEJ TIL Einstein failing a math exam is a myth. He failed the entrance exam to Zurich Polytechnic because he did poorly on botany, zoology and language sections.
wooV7 Til that: When the Butzke family fled Austria in 1940, they sewed valuables into their son's teddy bear. When German soldiers tried to take the bear, the boy screamed until it was thrown back at him. The valuables helped them start a new life when they immigrated to the U.S
M7oaK TIL about a two billion-year-old naturally occuring U235 nuclear reactor in Gabon, where unique geological conditions created a sustained nuclear reactor for 100,000 years