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TIL Google gives its LGBT employees special benefits to compensate for what the government doesn’t give

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enA5 TIL Even the French Government is terrified of the French Foreign Legion and stations the regiment far away from Government HQs.
VNam TIL Nicolas Cage will be buried in a pyramid.
9Y4p6 TIL Wilson the Cast Away Volleyball was inspired by screenwriter William Broyles, Jr.'s personal research. Broyles stranded himself on a deserted island for a week, and a volleyball washed ashore.
d7QE TIL that the guy who made UK’s porn filters is now under arrest for charges of child porn.
8allP TIL Reggie Miller, NBA Hall of Famer, couldn't escape his older sister Cheryl's shadow while in high school. On January 26, 1982, he scored a career high 40 points. He tried bragging about it on the car ride home, only to find out Cheryl scored 105 points and broken 8 national records!