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TIL That there are 2 chemically different kind of tears

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d8d59 TIL the saying "Perfect is the enemy of good" means to go with what works well rather than trying for perfection. Sir Watson-Watt who developed radar in WW2 Britain had a “cult of the imperfect” saying "Give them the third best to go with; the second best comes too late, the best never comes.”
RNJ9 TIL the Irish Famine was effectively a genocide of the Irish people instigated by the British establishment. Even though the common Irish person was starving, tons of food were exported every day out of the country.
wnoJ TIL that Japanese write husband as “lord-person” and wife as “house-inside”. Also, testicles are “golden-balls”.
j6G5E TIL the longest range gunnery hit in naval combat is 26,000 yards, shared between HMS Warspite against Giulio Cesare in July 1940 and Scharnhorst against HMS Glorious a month before.
rNKl0 TIL that some employers use surveillance tools originally developed for Pentagon and CIA to track staff behavior, emotions, fatigue, and productivity.