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TIL that IBM once required employees to sing praises of it's president and company from the official IBM Songbook.

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woGQM TIL about Transient Global Amnesia, a temporary loss of memory that can be triggered by stressful events, strenuous activity, migraines, and even sex.
E1VMP TIL wild bottlenose dolphins can have bold and shy personalities just like people according to studies. Such differing personality traits were shown to be key to their survival because it was observed how these play into social cohesion, communication and taking chances to secure food resources.
YpjBG TIL Master of Puppets was the first metal album to be preserved by the US Library of Congress
R5064 TIL of the Dachau trials in Slovenia, where by show trials the communist regime accused 31 survivors of the Dachau concentration camp that they survived it because they were Nazi spies and worked with western powers against socialism. 10 were executed, 20 were sent to a forced labour camp
rRJ8x TIL, when mosquitos are sucking your blood, their fluid levels need to be regulated. They do this by peeing on you...