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TIL in the early days of Amazon, Jeff Bezos instituted a "two-pizza rule": every internal team should be small enough that it can be fed with two pizzas. The reason was that a smaller team spends less time managing timetables and keeping people up to date, and more time doing what needs to be done.

oBE7r TIL the role of Jake Ryan in Sixteen Candles was nearly played by Viggo Mortensen. Molly Ringwald recalled flying to New York to perform the final Jake/cake scene with potential male leads. “Michael Shoeffling did not kiss me during the audition, Viggo Mortensen did...He made me weak in the knees."
x6J9o TIL a county in Missouri in 1838 held a ballot measure on whether Mormons should be allowed to settle in the county; a heavy majority favored the expulsion of the Mormons. When they refused to leave, Mormon settlements were sieged by vigilantes, triggering the Missouri Mormon War
xmm7 TIL A trading company went bankrupt after a software engineer forgot to set a single flag on a server, resulting in a loss of 460 million dollars in 45 minutes.
16KrO TIL about a group of noblemen were (allegedly) insulted as "beggars" when presenting a petition to King Philip II's half-sister. They took the insult and turned it into a defiant badge of honor, wearing rough grey cloaks and carrying beggar's bowls.
OoXVa TIL that alcohol is the most dangerous drug to withdrawal from, that hundreds die every year attempting to quit cold-turkey, and that despite this, Alcoholics Anonymous actively discourages people from using any kind of medical intervention.