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TIL The Traitorous Eight left the employment of Nobel Prize Winner William Shockley due to his mismanagement and founded Fairchild Semiconductor. Companies such as AMD and Intel are know as the Fairchildren

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kwB1 TIL that in 1959, 9 hikers went missing on “Dead Mountain” in Siberia. Their tent was found ripped open from the inside and although the corpses showed no signs of struggle, two victims had fractured skulls, two had broken ribs, and one was missing her tongue. Only their footprints were present.
oVkY TIL that according to a 2011 poll, 32% of Russians believe that the sun orbits the earth.
AoAl TIL in California if you order a cold Subway sandwich “to go” then its non taxed. Order it “for here” and the sandwich is taxed.
p8nWO TIL armadillos carry leprosy and caused a spike of leprosy cases in Florida in 2015
oBGxK TIL that Jeremy Rossman dropped out of MIT in 2011 to start his own college, Make School. The young college offers a project based bachelors degree in computer science that involves working with companies on current, real world problems. Students only pay tuition if they are hired upon graduation.