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TIL New employees at Google are given a propeller beanie cap to wear on their first Friday.

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QVpp TIL in 2009, the home of 19 year old Kashmiri woman Rukhsana Kausar was invaded by 3 militants. Rakhsana disarmed two of them with an ax, killed the commander with his own rifle, and forced the others to flee. She was subsequently awarded India’s National Bravery Award and offered a police job.
YYAW TIL President Ronald Reagan majored in Economics, where he graduated with a ‘C’ grade.
OkPR TIL The nut that holds a helicopter’s main rotor in place is called the “Jesus nut”. The nut got its name because if it failed during the flight, the only thing left for the crew to do would be to “pray to Jesus”.
6ExAm TIL that a monty python sketch repeatedly referring to SPAM (canned cooked pork that got popularized in WW2) inspired the use of the word for mass unsolicited emails
xGGo TIL dick farts are a real thing called pneumaturia after having a catheder removed.