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TIL a recent survey revealed that 65% of Americans say that getting rid of their boss would make them happier than a salary increase.

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a06y TIL there was a British soldier during World War II named Jack Churchill, who fought solely with a longbow, arrows, and a Scottish broadsword. His motto was, “Any officer who goes into action without his sword is improperly armed.”
Zp0v TIL that in June 2010, a 26-year-old man in Germany dropped his pants, threw a puppy at a group of Hell’s Angels, and then tried to escape to Munich on a stolen bulldozer, causing a 3-mile-long traffic jam before being arrested.
b9K4E TIL about the Heikegani, or "Samurai Crab". Their shell bears resemblance to an angry samurai, and are commonly thrown back by Japanese fishermen out of respect for Heike warriors defeated in the Battle of Dan-no-ura in the year 1185.
ZpyGv TIL the small town of Taihape, New Zealand is known as the "Gumboot Capital of the World" because a fictional farmer character is from there. It hosts an annual Gumboot Day festival and gumboot tossing competition.
wDNE TIL that the fake snow in Wizard of Oz was made of pure asbestos