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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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mxvoy TIL why firefighters respond to all kinds of emergencies, not just fires/wrecks. Fires were the start, but they now do incidents like medical, water, hazmat, people trapped, etc. They grew to meet more safety needs & are trained for as many situations as possible so they can be first responders.
nWg8W TIL that Australia had an apex marsupial predator called Thylacoleo, or the Marsupial Lion! It only became extinct 46k years ago. This thing was nuts, lb for lb the strongest bite force of any mammal extinct or extant, a semi opposable thumb, molars like razor blades and as big as a lioness.
ZnnB TIL that In 2005, Tennessee began requiring drug dealers to anonymously pay taxes on any illegal substances they sold.
p8eve TIL of Charles Vance Millar, a Toronto lawyer who died in 1926 with no relatives. In his will, he left all his remaining assets (equivalent to $9 million CAD) to the woman who had the most babies within 10 years of his death, creating a "baby race" where woman competed to have the most babies.
6EyYX TIL that the northern lights shows us why there is life on Earth.