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TIL that more than 60% of millennials leave their job in less than three years.

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6ENJ TIL that President G.W. Bush’s great, great, great, great grandfather Obadiah Newcomb Bush was vice president of the American Anti-Slavery Society, supported the Underground Railroad, and petitioned the New York State Legislature to secede from the Union in a protest against slavery.
d8V9j TIL aircraft compasses are not always accurate. While flying, compasses will point towards the north when accelerating, and towards the south when decelerating, known as magnetic dip. The effect is reversed in the southern hemisphere.
PgkG TIL that gynecologists train on unconscious women in hospitals, and it’s completely legal, standard procedure.
neJgB TIL Harrison Schmitt, the last man to walk on the moon, had an allergic reaction to moondust
ADMdo [TIL] The drink Eggsy orders in the Kingsman: Secret Service, "gin martini stirred for 10 seconds while staring at an unopened bottle of vermouth", is a real drink called the Churchill Martini!