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TIL important matters in ancient Persia were decided drunk and then again once sober.

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l75KG TIL in the early days of Amazon, Jeff Bezos instituted a "two-pizza rule": every internal team should be small enough that it can be fed with two pizzas. The reason was that a smaller team spends less time managing timetables and keeping people up to date, and more time doing what needs to be done.
M01W TIL when Soviet geologist discovered a cavern with natural gas, they decided to burn it off so it wouldn’t harm anybody, Expecting it to take a few days. Four decades later it stills burns, locals refer to it as the “Door to Hell”.
KOpr4 TIL Joseph Stalin originally trained as a priest in an Orthodox Spiritual Seminary. He at first achieved high grades, but later lost interest, declaring himself an atheist. He was known to stalk out of prayers, refuse to doff his hat to monks, and was confined to a cell for his rebellious behaviour.
DQQXD TIL the land area of Anchorage, AK (1706.8 sq. mi.) is larger than the state of Rhode Island (1545 sq. mi.)
ZoDp TIL that due to the effects of zero gravity, the heart becomes 9.4 percent more spherical in space