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TIL about Wonderland. A Boeing bomber facotory from WWII on the West coast that built a fake residential town on its roof to camouflage it from potential ememy airstrikes

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P19Oe TIL Andre Agassi won 10 of 11 matches after seeing a "tick" in Boris Becker's serve. Agassi could predict where Becker was serving based on whether Becker stuck his tongue out in the middle of his lip or to the left corner of his lip. Agassi told Becker over a pint of beer - after they retired.
9w7rM TIL Microsoft tested 4-day work week in Japan by giving its entire 2,300-person workforce 5 Fridays off in a row without decreasing pay. This led to more efficient meetings, happier workers and boosted productivity by a staggering 40%. Do you think India would’ve seen similar results?
WkZMX TIL an illegal number is a number that represents information which is illegal to possess, utter, propagate, or otherwise transmit in some legal jurisdiction
GApRg TIL that in its 30 years of operation from 1967 to 1997, the McDonnell Douglas Corporation only developed one new, from the ground up aircraft. It was the C-17 Globemaster III.
xVyLg TIL David Bowie briefly considered becoming a Buddhist monk. After a few months' study at Tibet House in London, he was told by a Lama, "You don't want to be Buddhist. ... You should follow music."