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TIL Jeff Bezos sends '?' emails to his employees to "keep them on their toes."

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9Yy06 TIL that with every bottle of Laphroaig Whisky, you are entitled to a lifetime lease on a plot of land in Scotland (1ft squared)
RmQ6 TIL that the Malaysian ID card not only functions as a form of identity, but also as one’s driver’s license, an ATM card, an electronic purse, and a public key, among other applications
MeBV7 TIL The original name of the Bill & Melinda Gates foundation was the Bill & Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health
LBJr TIL Chris Pratt worked as a coupon salesman and a daytime stripper before becoming homeless in Maui. Of the experience, Pratt said, “It’s a pretty awesome place to be homeless. We just drank and smoked weed and worked minimal hours, just enough to cover gas, food, and fishing supplies.”
am4J TIL Tex Johnson, a Boeing test pilot, was to demonstrate the then-new 707 to a group of airline executives by doing a level fly by. Instead, he barrel-rolled the aircraft. When called in by his boss and asked what the hell he was doing, he said “Selling airplanes.”