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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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P5kn TIL Philadelphia’s mayors were initially unpaid, and often strongly objected to being selected - sometimes opting to pay a large fine rather than serve.
1BVd TIL that the guy who wrote lines like “What killed the dinosaurs? THE ICE AGE!” and “tonight… Hell FREEZES over” among so many other excellent puns for the classic film Batman and Robin is actually an Oscar winning screenplay writer.
b649p TIL nazi preparations to invade Britain (Operation Sea Lion) after France fell in 1940 were obvious to the British, so they began to bolster their defenses to make any invasion as costly as possible. This included removing all street, road, and railway signs to sow maximum confusion in the enemy.
6EXd8 TIL Mehmed the Conqueror requested his father, who had abdicated earlier, to come back and claim the throne in time of trouble by saying: "If you are the Sultan, come and lead your armies. If I am the Sultan I hereby order you to come and lead my armies."
5YR5k TIL dolphins develop self awareness quicker than apes and humans