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TIL that some employers use surveillance tools originally developed for Pentagon and CIA to track staff behavior, emotions, fatigue, and productivity.

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x6yxD TIL that during the Cold War Zambia tried to beat the US and Soviet Union to space by sending “Afronauts” to Mars to convert Martians to Christianity.
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