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TIL that Apple makes new employees work on fake products for up to 9 months until they can trust them. If a fake product is leaked, they will know who leaked it and fire them. They even test their senior engineers by giving them fake projects to work on.

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oRJ7W TIL in the 1950s, when the CIA was fighting the Huks, a communist guerrilla movement in the Philippines, they spread rumors that evil men would be attacked by an aswang or 'vampire'. As part of psychological warfare, they punctured holes in a dead body and drained it of blood for others to find.
VBKjG TIL about Belphegors Prime number, 1000000000000066600000000000001. One, followed by 13 zeroes, 666, another 13 zeroes, and one again. It’s 31 digits long and is also a palindromic prime number. Discovered by mathematician Harvey Dubner, Belphegors prime is named after the demon of inventiveness.
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