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TIL that the FDIC strongly encourages mandatory two-week paid vacations for bankers because it is difficult to conceal embezzlement for that long while away from work

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wnoJ TIL that Japanese write husband as “lord-person” and wife as “house-inside”. Also, testicles are “golden-balls”.
6ELmw TIL most car commercials feature a motion capture vehicle, the Blackbird, instead of the car seen in ads.
9paX TIL that in 1994 a stripper deducted the cost of her breast implants from her taxes. The Tax Court judge approved her deduction because the implants were a stage prop and helped her get more tips.
Zev TIL there’s a floating island the size of a football field in Springfield, Massachusetts that destroys fences and sheds as it occasionally moves around.
M7B8W TIL in WW1, ten Vickers machine guns fired over one million rounds in a 12-hour period to provide sustained covering fire. To cool the guns, they used all the water in the neighbourhood, including drinking water and the contents of latrine buckets.