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TIL Paul Newman was so embarrassed by his film debut he put out an advertisement in Variety magazine apologizing for his performance

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XEb4E TIL as of 2019, the quit rate of U.S. employees was at a record-breaking high of 2.3%, the highest it's been in 15 years. That number remained unchanged for 11 straight months, from June 2018 through May 2019, making the longest static period for the rate on record.
l7pWK TIL The first person to discover viruses was the plant biologist Martinus Beijerinck. Before that, scientists thought that they were a type of small bacteria.
6EnBW TIL, that if hay bales get wet while in storage, bacteria can grow, which builds heat, and can cause the hay to spontaneously combust.
b9l5N TIL that Christopher Columbus was thrown in jail upon his return to Spain for mistreating the native population of Hispaniola
v1gRK TIL that Emily Davison, a brutish suffragette, stepped in front of the King’s horse at the 1913 Epson Derby and was killed. This shows that protestors have always stood in high traffic areas. There’s a video of it too. Emily Davison | British activist