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TIL that Engineering Students in Queens University of Kingston, Ontario, Canada Dye Themselves Purple.

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PY54G TIL Finland's 'housing first' policy requires the government to give people living on the street a free house before any financial aid. This model has proven to get people on their own feet much quicker and is being replicated by other European countries.
78Nyp TIL when BankAmericard (now known as Visa) became profitable in 1961, Bank of America deliberately kept this information secret and used widespread negative impressions to ward off competition. This worked until 1966, when BankAmericard's profitability became too big to hide.
KOoZE TIL of John Woods, an Army private who lied his way into becoming the Army's hangman and an officer. He carried out 60-70 executions in two years, several of which he bungled by building the gallows too short, including all ten of the Nuremberg Executions of the Nazi high command.
b9jP4 TIL about "Cryptomnesia", where forgotten memories or ideas return to an individual and are interpreted as being new and original. It can result in unintentional self-plagiarism, and in some individuals, a sincere belief that they possess clairvoyant abilities.
dbkj TIL during OJ Simpson’s verdict announcement trading on the New York Stock Exchange dropped 41% and that so much work stopped across the world to watch, an estimated $480 million was lost in productivity.