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TIL apple puts new employees on fake projects to see if they can trust them

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NMx8 TIL That during the filming of Breaking Bad the crew was shooting a scene featuring Wendy the prostitute when they were interrupted by a person who mistook the actress for a real hooker and tried to pick her up.
oMlo TIL that the color orange was named after the orange fruit. Up until the 1500’s, the color was referred to as “saffron” or simply “yellow-red.”
1der TIL that in 2010, Laszlo Hanyeck bought a pizza for 10,000 bitcoin. At the current exchange rate, that’s about $12 million USD.
lDyr TIL of a man from Poland who was admitted to the hospital after a car accident with a BAC of 1.480%. Believing their equipment was faulty, doctors tested him 5 more time with the same result each time. The man died a few days later due to his injuries from the accident, rather than his BAC.
4vrg TIL pharmaceutical companies can only advertise directly to the consumer in two countries, the US and New Zealand