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TIL George Zimmer, the owner and founder of The Men’s Wearhouse, does not background check his employees. “I don’t trust the U.S. justice system to get it right,” says Zimmer, who is himself a recovering alcoholic; “I’d rather make my own decisions, and I believe in giving people a second chance.”

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Zpo TIL that the guitar playing in the show Metalocalypse is animated %100 accurately. What the animated characters on the show are fretting actually corresponds to the notes they’re playing.
rRVPd TIL of the Beijing Weather Modification Office, used by the government to control the weather on demand. Examples include creating real snowfall for New Years Day and moving clouds away from the Olympic Stadium to prevent rain by firing chemicals into the sky.
x6kgB TIL the WannaCry ransomware attack was propagated using EternalBlue, an exploit developed by the United States National Security Agency (NSA) which was stolen and leaked a month prior
DQPjV TIL Japan Airlines has a museum in their training facility that displays parts of the wreckage from the deadliest single-aircraft accident in aviation history to help educate future employees with no memory of the JL(JAL)123 crash of the importance of flight safety.
yj5p TIL that the murderers of Emmett Till, who was killed on this day in 1955 for whistling at a white woman, gave a full confession detailing the murder to Look Magazine, after they were aquitted of murder by an all white jury.