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TIL that the law firm Morgan & Morgan fired half of its marketing department in 2021 because they criticized the firm's "Size Matters" campaign as an inappropriate joke.

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a5Jo TIL that in 2007 Paul Boyd, an animator for cartoon series Ed Edd ‘n’ Eddy, was shot dead in public by police after suffering a breakdown from his bipolar disorder
nedJB TIL The 1997 experiment at Fermilab which confirmed the existence of the tau neutrino was called DONUT (Direct observation of the nu tau)
6EpDw TIL Owners of overweight cats are more likely to say their cat is like a child to them, & are more likely to talk to the cat about topics relating to friends and family or work.
ZX9p TIL That West Virginia is the only state to have seceded from another state. in 1871 Virginia took West Virginia to the Supreme court to force its return.
ZpYvG TIL: in 1968, the US Navy proposed a 6,000 mile long underground antenna system that would have covered 40% of the state of Wisconsin. It needed 100 underground power plants and was supposed to survive nuclear attacks.