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TIL The Importance Of Being Well Dressed: 80 percent of managers feel clothing choices affect a person's chances of being promoted

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oj9r TIL that “Human and Animal blood” make up 1.3% of total US exports. Exports of blood bring in $18.9 billion of revenue.
bLm7 TIL that women apologize more often than men, though men and women are equally as likely to apologize for a given offense; men just have a higher threshold for what is considered offensive
DrbJ TIL that one night, Elvis flew from Graceland to Denver and back just to buy a Fool’s Gold Loaf - an 8,000 calorie sandwich made from a hollowed out load of bread, a jar of peanut butter, a jar of jam and a pound of bacon.
mxEyM TIL during WWI, the British Army had “Pals battalions”; letting men from the same community to serve in the war together. This practice was ended after the Somme offensive, as entire battalions were wiped out, meaning their communities back home were devastated.
oOp7 TIL a German and British aeroplane shot each other down in Norway during WWII. The crew met and helped each other survive. Two of them later visited each other many years after the war was over as friends.