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TIL there is a children’s show called stinky and dirty

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l75KG TIL in the early days of Amazon, Jeff Bezos instituted a "two-pizza rule": every internal team should be small enough that it can be fed with two pizzas. The reason was that a smaller team spends less time managing timetables and keeping people up to date, and more time doing what needs to be done.
ZpwGv TIL that Donald Triplett was the first man in the world to be diagnosed as autistic. He was noted for having some savant abilities and to perform rapid mental multiplication. He died in June this year at the age of 89.
16rKP TIL that Ken Kirzinger was chosen for the role of Jason in Freddy vs Jason, in part because he was 6ft 5. The directors wanted to emphasise the difference in height between Jason and Freddy (played by a 5ft 9 Robert Englund).
R7vva TIL of Mustapha Khaznadar, an ethnic Greek abducted and enslaved by the Ottomans as a child, who later went on to become Prime Minister of Tunisia. He was one of the most influential people in modern Tunisian history.
v8b8 TIL an LA jail has a gay wing. Because many straight men want to live in the wing due to how safe it is officers screen inmates by testing their knowledge on gay bars and their cover charges.