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TIL the first known résumé was written by Leonardo da Vinci, when applying to be a military engineer for the Duke of Milan. It's mainly just a list of his designs for siege weapons (including trebuchets). He briefly mentions his art: "In painting, I can do everything possible." He got the job.

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kRpd TIL - Since 2008, more than 44 BILLION dollars has been spent on gift cards that were then never used.
M7Qda TIL, there was a Cocaine-infused tablet called “Forced March” taken on the North Pole Expedition by Shackleton. As label explains: “Allays hunger and prolongs the power of endurance.”
RbDQ TIL that the founder of the Mexican Mafia isn’t even Mexican
E6Bd TIL that when the Latvian hockey team plays at home and wins a game, fans pay a visit to the embassy of the opposing team’s home country and lay flowers at its gate
LQDV TIL a woman named Chante Mallard hit homeless man Gregory Biggs lodging him in her windshield, alive. She did nothing to help him, just drove home and parked in her garage where she let him suffer for hours before dying. Only caught months later because she talked about it at a party.