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TIL McDonald's Original Grimace Mascot Terrified Kids as a Four-Handed Totem for Gluttony

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ZVko TIL its national sleepy head day in Finland. Where the last person asleep in the house is woken up by either being thrown into water or have water dumped on them.
wmaP TIL according to recent research, 87.2% of employees want to leave their current jobs in 2014, and 52.6% said that it was because they did not trust their boss.
aV7J TIL that Greek mythology isn’t a dead religion: People still worship the 12 Greek gods just as the Greeks did.
DNdg TIL Scotch tape has an unusual property. When placed in a vacuum chamber, unpeeling a length of tape from the roll will produce an enormous amount of X-ray radiation. The reason why it does this isn’t well understood.
xV4K0 TIL The word "Mesmerized" stems from a charlatan who operated in Paris in the late 1700's. Dr Franz Mesmer touted "universal magnetic fluid" existed in all animals and he claimed the ability to heal countless diseases through treatments with hypnotic and exotic elements.