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TIL that Pacific Bell spent $40 million to put its employees through a training program based on the teachings of Russian mystic George Gurdjieff—to supposedly open their eyes to a "higher-level" consciousness. The program was halted after the Californian utility regulator launched a public inquiry.

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x6rpg TIL that there wasn’t a North Star throughout much of antiquity, and after the year 2100, Polaris (the current North Star) will start moving away from the celestial north pole. There won’t be another North Star until around the year 4200.
90XD TIL Hugh Thompson (who saved numerous Vietnamese civilians during the My Lai massacre) suffered from PTSD, alcoholism, divorce, and severe nightmare disorder as a result of testifying against those responsible for the massacre.
kOLL5 TIL The Pornographic company Brazzers was founded the year 2005 in Montreal, Quebec by recently graduated Concordia University graduates.
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oBPRR TIL: 90% of the Aral Sea, the 4th largest lake in the world evaporated and is now a desert, mainly due to the Soviet ambition of turning Central Asia into the largest cotton producer in the world.