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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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QJ6K9 TIL, in 1950s, North Korea established a village called Kijong-Dong, also known as the Peace Village, which was designed only for propaganda. It is situated in the North's half of the Korean Demilitarized Zone, and to this day it has no residents. Western media refer to it as 'Propaganda Village'.
0ep TIL that due to “Red” and “Read” not being homophones in Italian, French and German, the answer to the riddle “What is black & white and red all over?” is answered with the name of a Communist newspaper.
pB9N TIL that Nestle, one of the worlds largest confectionery companies, owns Jenny Craig.
R7WQ4 TIL about the glabella. It is the skin between the eyebrows and above the nose.
9QDQ TIL that an ex-Gurkha soldier named Bishnu Shrestha took on 40 robbers single-handedly on a train to prevent a stranger from being raped armed with just a khukuri.