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TIL it is illegal for employers to have a “no-beard” policy unless it affects your job-related tasks

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16O0X TIL Former U.S. President John Tyler took the side of the Confederacy during the Civil War, was elected to the Confederate House of Representatives, but died in 1862 before he could serve. At his burial, his coffin was draped in the Confederate flag, despite requesting a simple burial.
OomWX TIL that Secret Service countersnipers use a custom, high-powered firearm called a JAR, short for "Just Another Rifle". Since the countersniper unit formed in 1971, the unit has never had to fire a JAR to safeguard a person they were assigned to protect.
mx0Xo TIL that 85 million years before butterflies existed, there was another insect that looked and acted exactly like a butterfly.
rNKgx TIL: In 1977, George Lucas agreed to cut his pay by $500K in return for merchandising rights. He sold his rights to Disney in 2012 for over $4B.
EgVVd TIL the video game company SEGA gets it’s name from SErvice GAmes of Japan, a company that they bought.