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TIL in 2016, the CEO of human resources startup Zenefits had to send a memo explicitly banning drinking and having sex in the office after "several used condoms were found in the stairwell".

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j6ErX TIL The government of Switzerland was involved in Mass Surveillance of its own citizens.
BgMbb TIL that Hawaii was a sovereign self-governing kingdom all the way up until 1893, totally unassociated with the U.S., until a coup d'état that year by 13 businessmen and 162 U.S. troops, with the openly stated goal of annexing the islands. (They succeeded.)
VQnZ TIL South Africa has one of the largest impact craters on Earth. It is called the Vredefort Dome and is about 160 km in diameter.
N7Lk1 TIL the asteroids 2709 Sagan and 4970 Druyan, named after Carl Sagan and his wife Ann Druyan, are in perpetual “wedding ring orbit” around the Sun.
lo1Wr TIL John Goodenough invented the lithium-ion battery and never received a penny for his invention nor a Nobel prize.