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TIL Cops In Scotland Had A 45-Minute Standoff With A Stuffed Tiger

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m1DNy TIL a 2023 survey of more than 1,000 hiring managers found that nearly 40% admitted to lying to candidates in job interviews. And in most cases, it worked: 92% of the managers that admitted lying said a candidate they had lied to accepted their job offer.
VB5GZ TIL that the first computer virus, known as "Creeper," was an experimental program created in 1971. It displayed the message "I’m the creeper: Catch me if you can" and inadvertently led to the development of the first antivirus software, called "Reaper."
0dZ5y TIL Frank Sinatra was convinced that Johnny Fontane, a singer with mob associations, in Mario Puzo's novel The Godfather was based on his life leading Sinatra to shout abuse and threaten physical violence when he met Puzo at a restaurant.
kJGOd TIL that over 90% of all currency (euros) in circulation in Spain have trace amounts of cocaine
VBE8D TIL That There Were American Combat Fatalities In The Cuban Missile Crises