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TIL in 1948, the United States signed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as part of being in the UN. Article 12 says “No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy…or correspondence. Everyone has the right to the protection…against such interference or attacks.”

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l75KG TIL in the early days of Amazon, Jeff Bezos instituted a "two-pizza rule": every internal team should be small enough that it can be fed with two pizzas. The reason was that a smaller team spends less time managing timetables and keeping people up to date, and more time doing what needs to be done.
pDmb TIL the 99 cheese pizza from TMNT is real.
mDNv TIL There are still four people alive who were born in the 19th century.
R777j TIL that Trader Joes is actually a branch of the Aldi supermarket chain started by 2 brothers in Germany
P1KPn TIL when William I, German Emperor, was crowned King of Prussia on 18 October 1861, it was the first coronation of a Prussian King since 1701 and the first of a German King since 1806