Post * D1QnD — Curious Curator

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TIL of a business management style where the manager wanders around in an unstructured manner, through the workplace, at random, to check with employees, equipment, or on the status of ongoing work. It's officially called "Management by Wandering Around"

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0kV5 TIL A man was sentenced to 25 in prison for stealing a slice of pizza from a group of children

4XjWa TIL mustard gas, which was used heavily during World War I, is not just a skin irritant but damages DNA by corrupting molecules in the strand. If the victim survives, the DNA damage can lead to the development of cancer.

dDR1Z TIL that the Pentagon has never passed a financial audit

rmno TIL that there is a psychological phenonomon called the ‘uncanny valley,’ which is where something becomes “cuter” as it becomes more human looking, until it reaches a point where it is almost human but not quite, in which case it appears creepy or strange

xVjZB TIL: The first known instance of the classic "twirly mustached villan tying a woman the railroad tracks" occurred in 1867 and it was actually a man tied to the train tracks being saved by a woman.