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TIL in South Korea, earning an Olympic Medal means you avoid a mandatory two-year military service.

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M5wB TIL that in 2011 duckduckgo placed a giant billboard in google’s hometown that said: “google tracks you. We don’t.”
wjv6 TIL that Scott Adams began writing “Dilbert” based on experiences he was having at his employment. Rather than fire him, they gave him meaningless work in an effort to get him to quit - which just gave him more time and material for “Dilbert.”
OVyX TIL The Price is Right announcer Rod Roddy has “come on down!” written on his tombstone.
e9vE TIL that when the Sears catalogue began to be printed on glossy paper instead of “regular” paper, the company received complaints because people found it harder to use as toilet paper
8aDWZ TIL New York’s Five Mafia Families received millions of dollars for contracts for the Ground Zero debris clean up and engaged in a variety of schemes from no show jobs for high level bosses to illegally dumping debris