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TIL: Computer programmer hired woman to slap him in the face every time he used Facebook, resulting in massive productivity increase.

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b6eX0 TIL In his last will and testament (25 March 1616), William Shakespeare left his second-best bed to his wife, Anne Hathaway.
OOY6 TIL if you don’t identify as an “extrovert” or “introvert”, you might be an “ambivert”. An ambivert is moderately comfortable with groups and social interaction, but also relishes time alone, away from a crowd
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