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TIL that most people spend almost 12 hours of their 40-hour workweek preparing for and attending meetings.

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xVWa7 TIL about the only instrumental song to have been banned by radio stations in the United States: "Rumble" by Link Wray & His Ray Men.
e0vwJ TIL that the term “starboard” comes from old boats where their “board” for “steering” was on the right. This meant they always docked on the left, or “port” side. Aviation borrows from maritime; so this is why you almost always board an airplane from the left side doors.
Me8ym TIL IHOP bought Applebee’s in 2007 for almost $2 billion dollars
nWaD9 TIL about the death of 9yr old Stanton Walker. A spectator at a baseball game in Morristown(ohio), he was struck by a foul ball while a knife was passed between his companions for the purpose of sharpening a score keeping pencil. The knife lodged between his ribs and he died in minutes.
5YKd8 TIL Nokia was founded in 1865.