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TIL Missouri law prohibits employers from requiring that their employees have identifying microchip implants.

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BjpW TIL hog-morse happened when rookie telegraph users made timing errors. One alleged case concerns the similarity of “L” and “T”. A customer sent a request for “undressed staves (wood)” to a Virginia firm. Due to hog-morse, “slaves” was sent instead. The firm reminded the sender that slavery was over.
9YZGp TIL after rigorously training dogs for space travel, Soviet scientist had a dog named Bobik run away days before their flight. A replacement named ZIB who was an untrained street dog found running around the barracks, was quickly located and made a successful flight.
YpgLB TIL that a restaurant named "Smart Alec's" near UC Berkeley once offered free french fries to students that could prove they earned As on their most recent college exams.
lXy1 TIL There is an organization called White Hands that offers medical sexual relief for people with disabilities. (NSFW)
9Ee7 TIL Mexicans are extremely genetically diverse because of the mixture of Amerindian, African, and European tribes that have settled in Mexico. Mexicans from one region are as different from those from another region as Europeans are from Japanese.