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TIL a Finnish tax auditor died at his desk at work and no one noticed for two days. “People thought he wanted to work in peace and no one disturbed him.”

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lobnr TIL the Resusci Anne (CPR doll) is based on an actual person's face, who lived over 100 years ago.
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16RmD TIL the PGA Tour is a non-profit entity
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gr1e4 TIL Neil Armstrong completed almost all required coursework towards a master's degree when he joined NASA in early 1960s. A semester short, he returned to USC after his moon landing in 1970 to give a one-hour seminar on the technical aspects of landing Apollo's lunar module to receive his Masters