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TIL about boredom room, an employee exit management strategy whereby employees are transferred to another department where they are assigned meaningless work until they become disheartened and resign. This strategy is commonly used in countries that have strong labor laws, such as France and Japan.

nWeeb TIL the original Bisquick formula was inspired by a dining car chef on the Southern Pacific Railroad. Said chef mixed the dry ingredients for the RR's biscuit recipe, stored it in the icebox, then added liquid ingredients when needed to have fresh biscuits ready at a moment's notice.
R5gX1 TIL that The crust of the Earth is so thin, that it makes up 1% of the earth's volume that contains all known life in the universe and can be compared with a Peel of an apple.
ZpeAY TIL: Dominant female cotton-top tamarin monkeys use pheromones to stop subordinate females from breeding. The pheremones suppress sexual behavior and delay puberty. In the event that more than one female in a group becomes pregnant, only one of the pregnancies will survive.
neQ0G TIL, the Shibuya Crossing, located in the Shibuya Ward, Tokyo, is said to be the busiest pedestrian intersection in the world. At peak times, over 1000 people cross at the same time, coming from all directions, and there is almost no loss of foot traffic at midnight or early morning.
VaWD TIL of Oliver Sipple, a gay marine who saved President Gerald Ford in an assassination attempt but was then publicly outed as gay, causing him to become estranged from his family, drink heavily, gain 300 pounds (140 kilograms), and finally die at the age of just 47.