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TIL of professional "fired men" that were used as department store scapegoats who were fired several times a day to please costumers who were disgruntled about some error

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XpdQ TIL J. Robert Oppenheimer, the “father of the atomic bomb”, once confessed that he left a poisoned apple on his tutor’s desk.
woKvo TIL phenylephrine is 'useless' as a decongestant
D8mD TIL that around 1.5 million people were evicted in Beijing in preparation for the 2008 Olympics
L4nQ TIL in the Senate, there is a desk with a drawer, filled with candy of the of the designated Senator’s choice.
j6wNQ TIL that the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) has by far the largest budget of any US intelligence agency, while having virtually no federal workforce.