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TIL that even though Google Chrome and Microsoft Internet Explorer support “Do Not Track”, Google and Bing both ignore that setting

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OoY87 TIL Zappos uses an organizational structure called holacracy, which removes traditional corporate hierarchy in favor of overlapping, self-governing "circles" to complete specific tasks.
NXjYe TIL the motto of the Royal Society, one of the earliest scientific academies, founded in London in 1660, is ‘Nullius in verba’, which means something like ‘Take no one’s word for it.’
yQKkl TIL: In 2009, British comedian Eddie Izzard completed 43 marathons in 51 days for charity, despite having no history of long-distance running. He went on to complete 27 marathons in 27 days in 2016.
b9aBp TIL that the Guinness World Record for the tallest stack of M&M’s is… five
pNKQ TIL Enterprising Kenyans pretended to be Somali pirates and gave fake interviews to foreign journalists for cash