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TIL that the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade purposely reroutes to try and avoid unauthorized CBS cameras

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YV4d TIL Nikola Tesla was born 159 years ago today during a fierce lightning storm. Happy Nikola Tesla Day!
VM0m8 TIL Roald Dahl's last words were nearly “It’s just that I will miss you all so much,” until a nurse pricked him with a needle and he said “Ow, fuck!” then died.
10Kr TIL US mothers in the year 2000 put in 30% more hours into childcare than in 1965, even though families today are far smaller, far more moms work, and far more dads help out with childcare. In total about 6x more time and effort is put into the average modern child than one in 1965.
XEYwD TIL that some raptors in Australia use burning sticks to spread fire in order to gather food
ppr8 TIL the US Federal government did a survey of employee satisfaction. NASA had the highest, while Dept of homeland security had the lowest.