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TIL a well-known hacker fired from Valve claims the company’s flat management structure actually has “a hidden layer of powerful management… with a weird paranoia that their culture would be contaminated”

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oBavK TIL that Prudence Crandall, born on September 3, 1803, was an American schoolteacher and activist who is credited with running the first integrated school in the United States as well as running the first school for black girls in America.
oJkK TIL Blockbuster turned down a chance to purchase Netflix for $50 million in 2000.
Ylpr TIL Cat kidneys are so efficient, they can survive on a diet consisting only of meat, with no additional water, and can even rehydrate by drinking seawater.
XERwX TIL of Le Pétomane, a french flatulist (professional farter) who performed at the Moulin Rouge in the 1890s. He was said to have been so skilled as to be able to mimic the sounds of cannon fire and thunderstorms, as well as the sounds of farm animals.
QNMe TIL In Singapore, if you are convicted of littering three times, you will have to clean the streets on Sundays with a bib on saying, “I am a litterer”.