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TIL of the Peter’s Principle, a theory where companies promote people into management on account of performance rather than ability, resulting in incompetent managers and inefficiency.

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EgQjp TIL that the world's smallest production car, the Peel P50 only 50 were made and 27 are now left. The last one sold for $176,000 in 2016. Made in 1963 and retailed for £199 (around $8,500 in 2019 money)
7JMx TIL that Aaron Bruno, lead singer of AWOLNATION, wrote and recorded “Sail” in two hours, in one take. The sound engineer felt it needed a redo because of some distortion. Bruno replied “Who cares? No one’s gonna care about this song anyway.”
vae8 TIL when the CDC found that having a gun in your home made it more likely that you would be murdered, the Congress, lobbied by the NRA, effectively banned further federal studies of gun violence.
Z8414 TIL there is an underground landfill fire in St. Louis that is headed towards buried radioactive waste generated by the original U.S. atomic testings - All near residential neighborhoods.
NXdPM TIL lionesses can receive birth control implants. Zoos do this so the lions can be social in their pride without the risk of cubs.