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TIL that dogs were essential workers in large British kitchens during the 16th century.

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6AYQ TIL Matthew Broderick (who played Ferris Bueller and voiced Simba) killed two people and only paid a fine of $175
4kXkN TIL that from 2008 to 2014 an IBM employee with a security cleareance leaked the usage of Danish celebrities' credit cards in real-time to tabloid journalists and received a monthly $1500 "paycheck" for his services.
lOvN TIL that NFL legend Walter Payton originally didn’t want to play high school football, because his brother played and he didn’t want to compete with him. He only agreed to try out after receiving assurances that he wouldn’t have to quit the marching band, where he was an accomplished drummer
MnkA TIL Pornhub and Youporn will begin offering HTTPS encryption by default to fight against ISPs being able to sell your browsing history.
gblD TIL that airline workers are classified as radiation workers (like people in nuclear power plants), because of how much exposure they get due to cosmic radiation making it through the thinner atmosphere while flying.