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TIL Robert Propst, inventor of modern day Cubicles in 1968, called them “monolithic insanity” before he died in 2000.

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Z8Z1B TIL: Ken McElroy, known as "the town bully", was shot to death in broad daylight on main street in Skidmore, Missouri in 1981. He was struck by bullets from at least two different firearms, in front of an estimated 30-46 people. To date, no one has been charged in connection with McElroy's death.
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