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TIL that there is a Capability Im-Maturity Model, a classification for software organizations who don't measure up to CMM Level 1

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Wky0N TIL a small lake in Africa killed 1,700 villagers and 3,500 livestock overnight when it suddenly released 300,000 tons of carbon dioxide, suffocating everything within 16 miles. Scientists still don't know what triggered the event.
PYbBE TIL A three-sided skyscraper in the heart of Mexico City rises 246 metres, making it the tallest tower in the sprawling metropolis. It is organised into 14 four-storey clusters, conceived as "buildings within a building". Each cluster has its own interior garden
OGZNR TIL that during rehearsals for a 2003 Saturday Night Live episode, Matthew McConaughey felt up the breasts of cast member Rachel Dratch while ad-libbing in-character. Dratch kept the rehearsal footage and in July of that year, showed footage of it on Late Night with Conan O'Brian.
nekrY TIL that the fleshy protuberance on the forehead of turkeys is called a snood. While fighting, commercial turkeys often peck at the snood. This often leads to further injuries and sometimes cannibalism. To prevent this, some farmers cut off the snood, a process known as desnooding.
jYrM TIL We are born with around 300 bones and then it decreases to 206 bones by adulthood after some bones have fused together.