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TIL 28% of IT Professionals hide their career from family or friends out of fear of being asked to provide free tech support

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vZ4L TIL that there is a rare sleeping disorder called Kleine–Levin syndrome that causes people to sleep for weeks at a time waking only to eat or go to the bathroom
ye7p TIL Mitch Mitchell, the drummer for The Jimi Hendrix Experience, earned his spot with the group over the flip of a coin.
LMm0 TIL: In 1650 the Dutch killed and ate their own Prime Minister
J1O6k TIL Nikola Tesla never married, but claimed to have fallen in love with a white pigeon. After its death, he told friends that he felt his life's work was over. “I loved that pigeon as a man loves a woman, and she loved me. As long as I had her, there was a purpose to my life.”
JRXV TIL a man claimed to be 196 years old, only to be told that he is actually 256 years old and over 7 feet tall.