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TIL it’s still legal for an employer to fire someone–for any reason–if they’re a communist.

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oBoLK TIL the first driving game to license a real car was 280 Zzzap which featured a Datsun 280 Z.. It was released in 1976 in arcade cabinets and the Bally Professional Arcade home console and Datsun subsequently released a Zzzap edition 280z.
6y7m TIL that in 2005, despite producing only 1/50th the number of cars as Volkswagen, Porsche attempted to buy VW on the open market. It rapidly amassed 74% of the outstanding shares of its larger German counterpart before running out of money and ultimately being purchased itself by none other than VW.
RMj TIL South Koreans drink more hard liquor than any other country
b6r0N TIL NBC offered a role to James Gandolfini to replace Michael Scott on "The Office", but HBO paid him $3 million to not take the role
1ardX TIL: Swedes use the term 'Curling Parents' for overprotective parents who - as in the ice game - sweep out all trouble in front of their kids