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TIL about Allen Wu, the fired CEO of ARM China who still continues to operate ARM China as he is in possession of ARM China's official company stamp (chop), which is required to legally fire him

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rNwdw TIL: Due to the invention of nuclear bombs, historians refer to the period from 1945 to now as, "The Long Peace"
kOao5 TIL: For the first time in modern history, an effective and safe FDA-licensed inoculation was withdrawn from the market due to media sensationalism and lawsuits. It is unlikely any Lyme inoculation candidates will be developed in the near future within the United States due to these events.
690lm TIL on November 29th 2001, Mike Myers received the final letter George Harrison ever sent anybody. Being a fan of satire, George hand wrote the letter expressing his admiration for Mike’s Austin Powers movies. Mike received it on the set of Austin Powers 3 on the day George died.
VMLp8 TIL Ella Fitzgerald forgot the lyrics of "Mack The Knife" during a live performance in Berlin. She improvised after the first stanza and won a Grammy for the recording in 1961.
6xAW TIL: The famous barbarian leader Attila accepted hefty subsidies in gold in exchange for not attacking Roman territory — then did it anyway.