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RYy6 TIL Star Trek has superlative examples of how organizations should run efficient and effective meetings.
9wKrG TIL that The Cospaia Republic became independent because of a treaty error and survived from 1440 to 1826.
V7Vp TIL Richard Nixon sabotaged Vietnam peace talks in order to give himself a better chance at winning the 1968 Presidential election, prolonging the war by 5 years.
ADVXg TIL that seemingly pointless zigzags on the roads in the Western US are there to compensate the road grid for the curvature of Earth.
o1j7 TIL that, due to felony convictions, 30% of black men in the US are prohibited from ever serving on a jury