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TIL People with typically African American names are less likely to get interviews even when the contents of the resume are the same.

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l7P6N TIL that “smart” bullets, precision-guided firearm bullets that can alter course and accurately correct their path to a target, exist. They have been in development since as early as 2008 by DARPA and have been fire-tested successfully
Y7PZx TIL the song “Mother” on Pink Floyd’s album, The Wall, was actually Jeff Porcaro on drums, not Nick Mason. Jeff Porcaro being the drummer for the band Toto and as well as the studio drummer for various other bands such as Steely Dan, Boz Scaggs, Michael Jackson, etc.
0w1Ap TIL - James Barry, surgeon, born Margaret Ann Bulley lived her entire life as a man in the 1800's in order to be accepted into the medical profession. All of her successes were buried for 100 years when this was discovered.
XN5r TIL more than 12 billion light years away there is a water reservoir floating in space that is equivalent to 140 trillion times all the water in the world’s ocean.
4G9R TIL that 65-85% of all white cats born with two blue eyes are deaf, and if a cat is born with just one blue eye, only the hearing on that side is impaired.