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TIL that 70% of Americans either hate their jobs or are completely disengaged from them

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OoWRX TIL that Aaron Sorkin once sent himself to the ER while acting out a scene he'd written | While writing a Newsroom episode, he was acting out a scene where a character lunges at someone, and he smashed into his bathroom mirror, breaking his nose and making a huge bloody mess.
NWPJ TIL Iceland is the only NATO country with no standing army.
77NL TIL barns were traditionally red because farmers mixed rust with their diy sealant mixture to resist fungus and moss, turning the mixture red
Q1Xk TIL that the Rolling Stones were so impressed with the backup singer’s voice in “gimme shelter” that you can hear them hooting in the background. They kept it in the studio recording as well.
lopa1 TIL: Viruses evolve differently to adapt to their mode of transmission. A water-borne virus (e.g. cholera) is virulent because fecal matter can transmit to care-givers. OTOH, droplet-borne viruses (flu, SARS) become less virulent over time to create more ambulatory carriers for transmission.