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TIL a 20-year-old was fired for wearing trainers at work, accused of breaking the dress code, while her bosses wore them too. She sued for harassment and won £29,187.

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Y1aZ TIL that scientists recently discovered giant viruses (as big as 1 μm in length), named Pandoraviruses. Because more than 93% of their genes resemble nothing known and their origin cannot be traced back to any known cellular lineage, scientists suggest the existence of a 4th domain of life
KNEa TIL The top of the Eiffel Tower leans away from the sun, as the metal facing the sun heats up and expands. It can move as much as 18cm.
AKrl TIL the boring, monotone lecture Ben Stein delivers in Ferris Bueller was originally meant to be off-camera, but the student extras laughed so hard at his voice that John Hughes decided to shoot it. It was a topic that Stein actually knew a lot about, supply-side economics, and it was improvised.
JkLB TIL of The Great Stink of London, where the smell of human shit in the River Thames was so bad that it halted parliament. 250 tons of limes were used to mask the odor.
Br6nx TIL There's currently no evidence that Japanese Admiral Yamamoto said "I'm afraid we've awakened a sleeping giant"