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TIL that employees at Valve have no managers.

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wooLJ TIL food that is coloured black often contains food safe charcoal, which can absorb medications (including birth control pills) making them ineffective.
aeK9 TIL that in 1987, a prison inmate, Ronnie Lee Gardner, broke a glass partition and knocked out the lights in the prison visiting area to have sex with a woman who was visiting him. The other inmates cheered and barricaded the doors. Gardner later claimed breaking the glass was an accident.
OoVxa TIL in 1988 a musical version of Stephen King’s CARRIE opened on Broadway. The show was met with hisses and boos from the audience. The actress playing the mother resigned on opening night after nearly being decapitated by a moving set piece. It closed after 5 performances.
GYpej TIL After a waitress helped a customer choose the winning numbers for a lottery ticket in 1984, he tipped her $3,000,000, half of his $6,000,000 prize money.
yQKrV TIL Bill Gates has given away over 28 billion dollars since 2007 resulting in an estimated 6 million+ lives saved.