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TIL while reading this post on personal branding that stress causes 1 million people to avoid work every day. They have linked to the article by American Institute of Stress. Both are must read articles.

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gM7dX TIL if you put water droplets on a hot pan they never actually touch the pan. A vapor layer forms that makes them float. This phenomenon is an example of the Leidenfrost effect.
P18RO TIL that it’s currently impossible to cross the Hudson River by car in NYC without paying a toll. The closest toll free bridge is 4 hours away in Albany.
yQxk8 TIL that Jim Coleman, a sportswriter made up the 'curse of Muldoon' to meet an editorial deadline. The curse supposedly prevented the Chicago Black Hawks of the National Hockey League from finishing in first place from 1938 to 1967.
kgy5 TIL that Michael Rockerfeller is rumored to have died and eaten by cannibals during an expedition to New Guinea but previously unreleased footage from this documentary may prove he is alive and living with the native tribe.
oRvDo TIL In the early 1700's, Britain sent over 50,000 convicted criminals to the US to be sold as laborers, mostly settling in the south to work Tobacco farms.