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TIL: that a town called Remote in the US state of Oregon is used as a placeholder for remote jobs in online job boards

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OGJg7 TIL the highest point above Earth’s center is not Everest. It’s Mount Chimborazo, in Ecuador. This is because the earth is not a perfect sphere, but rather oblong shaped. The earth is fatter in the middle from centrifugal forces during its constant rotation.
oBJaA TIL that the Mexican government once opened fire on peaceful protestors. An estimated 300-400 civilians laid dead in the streets. In 2000, official government documents were released that showed the government employed snipers dressed as protestors to provoke the officers into shooting.
5Vg6n TIL the board game "Settlers of Catan" was created by a dental technician, Klaus Teuber. It was so popular he retired to become a game designer. He went on to win Germany's Game of the Year 4 times.
NbQN TIL that Massachusetts’s supreme court was the first to abolish slavery (in 1783), two centuries before it was the first to legalize same-sex marriage
Px8L TIL some female fireflies mimic the flashes of females of other species to lure in male fireflies to eat them. They are called “femme fatale fireflies.”