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TIL Polygraph tests can sometimes be inaccurate due to factors such as anxiety, stress, and fear. Effective method of evaluating applicants would be to use behavioral-based interviewing techniques and background checks.

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gr8Yy TIL Canada did not have official residences for its political leaders until 1950. Laurier House in Ottawa was home to two Canadian Prime Ministers in the decades prior and served as PM Mackenzie King's unofficial office where he conducted much of the nation's business
RRM6 TIL in 1740, a 16-Year-Old English Boy, having been convicted of rape and murder, was hanged by the neck for 20 minutes. After being cut down, his body was sent to be dissected when he began to show signs of life. After making a full recovery, his sentence was commuted to exile.
4XBWb TIL that in Greece since there is so little available land, graves are only "leased" and people are buried for 3 years and then their families dig up their bones and another person is buried in the same grave.
7AkO TIL of a bush similar to stinging nettle native to Australia capable of killing humans
bO5E TIL: There is a man named Alexander Overwijk Who is the World Freed hand circle drawing champion and can draw a “near” perfect freehand circle 1m in diameter in less than a second.