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Today I learned the song "Making Plans for Nigel" by XTC prompted a response from British Steel to look into the job satisfaction of employees named Nigel.

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8Yja TIL Google’s tagline was “don’t be evil” until 2015, when corporate restructuring changed it to “do the right thing.”
NXvK8 TIL some (native/wild) animals are more common in the suburbs than in rural wild areas (at least in N America). After noticing this myself, I wondered if suburban animals were just "easier to spot" or there really were more so I did some research. Depending on the species, there really are more.
vxaD TIL Over 77,000 people in Rwanda may get out of poverty thanks to a simple solar program
rYJW TIL In Hong Kong, it is legally permissible for a betrayed wife to kill her unfaithful husband.
QNop6 TIL Cleopatra married her own brothers.