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TIL Valve has a flat organisation structure where everybody has an equal voice and anybody can ship a product

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OGJaY TIL the Latin motto for the Kingdom of Naples (1282 AD - 1806 AD) was Noxias Herbas, meaning "Noxious herbs".
Q74p TIL 40 percent of all Wikipedia vandalism is detected by a single bot. It has only 0.1% false positives.
VLbB TIL that Mark Wahlberg had committed 20-25 offenses by the age of 21. These included throwing rocks at a bus full of black schoolchildren and knocking a Vietnamese man unconscious and blinding another. He was also addicted to cocaine by age 13.
p854O TIL about YomHaShoah, an Israeli national day of remembrance for the Holocaust. One of the most notable events of the day is the blaring of air raid sirens throughout the country for two minutes, during which all public activity ceases.
neOLo TIL That dogs and cats circle around before bedding down as a throwback to their wild ancestors. Their survival instincts provoked them to position themselves in the direction of the wind to pick up predator scents and choose the best angle for keeping an eye on the environment.