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TIL: After 4 weeks of training, Zappos offers all new employees $2,000 to quit.

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mx7KM TIL an Ancient Greek city in northern Afghanistan was rediscovered in the 1960s
jN6Lv TIL "jayus" is the Indonesian word used when the joke said by someone is so bad one cannot help but laugh
6999Y TIL that during the production of Ghostbusters (1984), the name wasn’t allowed to be used since it was already used by 70’s kids show called “The Ghost Busters.” As a result, there were alternatives names, with one of them being “Ghostsmashers”. Eventually, the studio got the rights to the name.
GwJ1 TIL according to Guinness World Records, the longest recurring actor in any video game franchise is Kane, from the Command and Conquer series, played by Joseph D. Kucan
494o TIL in 2012 only 60 NYPD officers discharged their weapons.(0.17%) Of the 26,091 weapons arrest, 26,000 were completed without an officer firing their weapon. The race stats of the officers who discharged weapons almost directly matches the racial makeup of the NYPD.