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TIL Apple makes it’s employee’s work on fake projects until they can be trusted.

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XE51D TIL spiked dog collars don't only "look cool", they originated from actual sharp spiked wolf collars used to protect shepherd dogs from wolf attaks.
5YdBB TIL shepherds in Gascony, France traditionally wore stilts called tchangues (“big legs”) that allowed them to walk rapidly on marshy ground.
9ZaB TIL after being in a coma for nearly 8 years, Gary Dockery awoke suddenly and spent the day catching up with family. By the next day he could no longer speak, and he soon slipped back into the coma and never woke up again.
OoZOe TIL that Washington Irving, who created the first illustration of Santa on his sleigh, was also the creator of the Headless Horseman from Sleepy Hollow.
rj9W TIL Otis Redding recorded “Sittin’ on the Dock of the Bay” 2 days before dying in a plane crash, never knowing it would be a #1 hit & Grammy winner