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TIL the HR department isn’t there to help you as an employee, but to protect the company against any liability you may pose.

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1dV TIL that Louis Armstrong suffered from severe calluses on his lips due to his excessive trumpet-playing. So, he cut them off with a razor blade.
4RKR TIL the individual U.S. federal income tax rate in the early 1960s for the highest incomes was 91%
LbPv TIL that George Washington was almost killed by a British Sniper at the Battle of Brandywine - he was spared since he had his back turned to the marksman.
oB7aL TIL that there are still street merchants in Baltimore, called arabbers, who carry on a 150 year old tradition by travelling around selling fruits and vegetables from a horse drawn cart.
Jxak TIL that an English inventor named Maurice Ward (1933-2011) invented a thermal shielding material called Starlite which was able to withstand extreme heat (10000 degrees C), but never revealed its composition in fear of reverse engineering and losing control of rights to the material.