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TIL Apple Makes New Employees Work on Fake Products Until Apple Can Trust Them

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WanB TIL: TIL Zach Galifianakis, Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim were commissioned by Absolut Vodka. They were told they could do anything they wanted as long as they mentioned the product.
e0WDD TIL Ironbridge, a town in England, takes its name from an iron bridge named The Iron Bridge.
xV6no TIL the Statue of Liberty's torch has been closed to the public since July 30, 1916 when it sustained structural damage from the Black Tom explosion - an act of German sabotage targeting a US munitions depot during WWI
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Bg86e TIL of boxer Ezzard Charles, often considered the greatest light heavyweight. Charles the only one to go the full distance (15 rounds) against Rocky Marciano, had killed an opponent in the ring and Muhammad Ali wrote in his autobiography that Charles could have matched Ali during Ali’s prime.