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TIL Malicious compliance is intentionally inflicting harm by strictly following the orders of a superior, knowing that compliance with the orders will not have the intended result

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XEYj8 TIL that Ancient Greek slingers used to write "ΔΕΞΑΙ" (Dexai) meaning "take that" or "catch" on their lead sling bullets; soldiers have been writing sarcastic taunts on their weapons forever
Ypn4r TIL that a live coelacanth (fish) was discovered in 1938 off the east coast of South Africa, 66 million years after it was believed to have gone extinct.
n1Qr TIL that police in Northern Ireland played “ice-cream van” music in an attempt to calm youths attacking a vehicle with bottles… And it worked!
yV4BV TIL Billie Eilish's full name is Bille Eilish Pirate Baird O'Connell
VMGBB TIL Despite being an atheist, the famed mathematician Paul Erdős often referred to a celestial book "The Book" that contains every one of God’s perfect mathematical proofs. Two mathematicians then collected these proofs and published them in 1998, with new proofs being added over the last 2 decades.