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TIL although "The Art of War" is popular among businessmen, the actual Chinese classic for business is "The Book of Swindles." Written by a travelling merchant in 1617 and using actual court cases as examples, it mainly discussed how to avoid swindles AND how to commit it vs. your business rivals.

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m1kRY TIL in 1980, following a 1978 referendum, Switzerland was Europe's "time island" by delaying Daylight Saving Time until 1981, resulting in a unique six-month period where it lagged an hour behind its neighbors, excluding Liechtenstein, until the Federal Council mandated alignment.
yjMl TIL scientists have found 1.5-billion-year-old water in a mine 1.5 miles beneath Ontario, Canada
QVX TIL New Zealand was home to the largest known eagle until just around 1400CE, with a wingspan of 2.6 to 3m
woAV1 TIL Ming-Na Wen'S first acting job was on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
rWG4 TIL that there’s a small college in Oregon with its own nuclear reactor, run by undergraduate students. It has more female reactor operators than all the other research reactors in the world …combined.