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TIL that the trick from "Office Space" where they stole tiny fractions of a cent from a large number of transactions and put it into their own bank accounts is called 'salami slicing'

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BgEry TIL the phrase “Keep Calm and Carry On” was created in WWII to improve British morale
lBKG TIL a civilian jet airliner was shot down by a United States Navy guided missile cruiser USS Vincennes on 3 July 1988 and killed 290 people including 66 children and 16 crew members.
8Q8 TIL the Chick-fil-A Corporate Purpose starts with “To glorify God by being a faithful steward of all that is entrusted to us.”
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