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TIL that even though the Myers-Briggs personality test as been debunked, it is still used by thousands of companies, schools and institutions around the world to help make decisions about personnel recruitment and promotion.

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WdRN TIL the screen on the window of your microwave oven keeps your face from melting. The size of the holes in the screen are vastly smaller than a the wavelength of a microwave, effectively blocking them.
jRDR TIL in 1970 a protest group broke into a draft board office by slipping in during the day and taping a note on the door: “Please don’t lock this door tonight.” They returned that night to find that the staff had obediently left the office open.
mYMx TIL: Hattie McDaniel, who won an Oscar playing Mammy in Gone With The Wind, was criticized in the black community for playing racial stereotypes. Her response: “Why should I complain about making $700 a week playing a maid? If I didn’t, I’d be making $7 a week being one.”
LDdV TIL in 2005 Scientists found an individual nerve cell that fired only when subjects were shown pictures of Jennifer Aniston
grOk8 TIL that a dump truck caused a New York City elevated freeway to collapse in 1973. The truck was found to have been 9 tons overloaded and the company operating it was blamed. The contract to clean up the results of the failure was subsequently awarded to the same company.