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TIL the Death Star trench run was modeled after a real world event: The Dambusters Raid

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ZnYD TIL Serial killer Ted Bundy once worked at a Suicide Hotline Crisis Center and was described by co-workers as being kind, solicitous and empathetic.
5VdyP TIL in many countries there's a mandatory requirement for companies to pay salaried employees a "thirteenth month" and even a "fourteenth month" - yearly bonus pays each equivalent to one month's normal salary
1P04 TIL of Watermelon mosaic virus, a virus that “draws” circles on watermelons.
b6kO4 TIL the transistor was patented 21 years before a working one was actually created.
xpdk TIL of Laurence Peter, author of the Peter Principle, which states: “… in time every post tends to be occupied by an employee who is incompetent…”