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TIL That Skeletor is actually He-Man’s uncle.

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PWpw TIL of three Duke lacrosse players being falsely accused of rape in 2006. Since then, the lead prosecutor has been disbarred, the accuser is in prison for second-degree murder, and the police supervisor commited suicide.
KG1E TIL Japan has a lifetime employment system where large companies hire regular employees right out of school and keep them until retirement and new employees are chosen for their general potential, not because of any special skills or training.
VMarB TIL British breweries donated free beer to soldiers during WWII, but after D-Day, there was no room for it on the ships going across the English Channel. Spitfire mechanics and pilots worked together to modify pylons to carry beer kegs and deliver brews to the troops. Flying high enough chilled it.
8a8vb TIL That because of Daylight Savings Time and the loss of an hour of sleep, the Monday after clocks ‘Spring Forward’ sees an increase in fatal traffic accidents.
neWjo TIL that when NASA sent out the Voyager spacecrafts in 1977, two golden records were included aboard which contained images, coded diagrams and sounds — including a message from President Carter — that portrayed life and culture on Earth in case any intelligent alien life form found the spacecrafts.