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TIL Gaia Online, an anime-themed social networking site, hired a Stanford University economist to help manage their economy that was having problems due to inflation.

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4kg TIL that Tesla said that if you stick a rod far enough into space the temperature difference would create an electrical current and a motor could be run off it and that this (while not doing any work itself) did not violate the second law of thermodynamics.
OARe TIL a 13 year old girl from Louisiana is working to be a crew member on a Mars One.
E1XDp TIL that the treasure hunting company, Odyssey, discovered the ship wreck of the HMS Sussex (1694) which had up to $500 million worth of gold on board in 2001. Despite a deal with the British government retrieve the loot, Spain refuses to let a team survey the site to this this day.
e0VgL TIL Zappos offers new employees $1,000 to quit, after just one week on the job! This strategy is used to create a team of dedicated employees who buy into the customer first culture they want to foster.
R5al TIL Jimi Hendrix and Joe Pesci once played in the same band.