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TIL - Former Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer had a nursery built for her newborn in her office. This was at the same time she stopped allowing parents and others from working from home.

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7rreX TIL in June 2014, Sports Illustrated predicted the 2017 Houston Astros would win the World Series
xVJ0D TIL Bill Withers intended to write a third verse to "Ain't no sunshine," but on the advise or others, just decided to repeat 'I know' 26 times.
08v5 TIL that Eminem gave Elton John a pair of diamond-studded cock rings when the singer wed his boyfriend.
d8Xvd TIL that most airlines have a rule stating that pilots and copilots cannot eat the same meal to avoid food poisoning.
XEdyR TIL about Decimal Time. Implemented during the French Revolution, it was thought up to simplify time and better regulate work. Clocks/calendars were changed so that a week now had 10 days, a day had 10 hours, an hour had a 100 minutes, and a minute had a 1000 seconds.