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TIL that bullshit jobs are jobs - such as manufactured middle-management positions - which even the person doing it can’t really justify its existence, but have to pretend that there’s some reason for it to exist.

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LQY19 TIL that in his 2010 autobiography, Keith Richards admitted that Otis Redding’s rendition of “Satisfaction” was closer to Richards’ original conception for the song than The Rolling Stones’ version. Keith said: “Otis got it right. Our version was a demo for [Otis’s version.]”
aagN TIL: The red kangaroo breeds all year round. The females have the unusual ability to delay birth of their baby until their previous Joey has left the pouch. This is called embryonic diapause.
Jyl TIL that an 18th century Italian discover a technique to turn cadaver into stone, but he was accused of practicing Egyptian magic and his notes are all lost
wPoE TIL when McDonald’s first introduced drive-throughs to China, the concept was so foreign that many people would pick up their food through the drive-thru, park their cars, and bring the food inside the restaurant to eat it.
9wQXB TIL There Is No Such Thing as a “Michelin-Starred Chef” Because Michelin Only Awards Stars to Restaurants and Not to Individual Chefs