Post * X0XBP — Curious Curator

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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.

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nnkB TIL the top 25 best selling console games of all time are all on Nintento platforms except for Skyrim and GTA

AD6nx TIL I learned about the Zambian “afronaut” who wanted to join the space race with a spacegirl, two cats, and a missionary.

BrMJe TIL how Samuel Clements chose his pen name. He used to be a Riverboat Pilot in Hannibal, MO. It was common to have a crew member throw a line out from the front of the boat to measure the depth shouting “Mark Twain” if it was a safe depth. A Mark is the same as a Fathom (6 feet) and Twain means 2.

OGMBe TIL that arabs had banned the export of unroasted coffee beans so that everyone would have to continue buying it from them but an Indian saint Budan smuggled 7 seeds in his beard risking capital punishment thereby starting the coffee production in India and ending arabian monopoly on it.

VBnrB TIL that in 2007, Michael James Shaughnessy, 4th Baron Shaughnessy, of the City of Montreal in the Dominion of Canada and of Ashford in the County of Limerick, died without issue. The title passed to the nearest male relative: His second cousin, who played the male lead on the TV series “The Nanny.”