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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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0w1EL TIL That people who engaged in deconstructive meditation practices (vipassana/insight meditation) were 65% more likely to report unpleasant meditation-related experiences when compared to non-deconstructive practices.
nwM7 TIL Google Executive Alan Eustace broke Felix Baumgartner’s record for highest skydive on October 24th, 2014.
VBLN0 TIL Ryan Gosling was in a two-piece gothic rock band called Dead Man's Bones. The other half of the duo was producer Zach Shields.
607W TIL that the original take of the famous WW2 photo “Raising a Flag over the Reichstag” had to be edited before it was published because the Soviet soldier could be seen wearing multiple watches which had been stolen from German citizens
OGkya TIL bestselling author James Patterson's process typically begins with him writing an initial 50-70 page outline for a story and then encouraging his co-writers to start filling in the gaps with sentences, paragraphs and chapters. He also works 77-hour weeks to stay productive at age 75.