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TIL many Americans who need mental health services never get it because doing so could disqualify them from receiving life insurance

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QAGL TIL that in 1941, Hitler named Hermann Göring his successor should Hitler be incapacitated. In 1945 when Hitler made it known his plan to commit suicide, Göring sent a telegram to Hitler, requesting permission to assume control of the Reich. Hitler viewed this as treason and had Göring arrested.
YpxEv TIL that in the 1920's newly hired engineers at General Electric would be told, as a joke, to develop a frosted lightbulb. The experienced engineers believed this to be impossible. In 1925, newly hired Marvin Pipkin got the assignment not realizing it was a joke and succeeded.
VBnLG TIL Abu Dhabi has a 75 year lease on all of the parking meters in Chicago. In a decade they’ve already made back their investment.
ADDJg In 2011, my partner and I moved to New York. Straight from Austria without knowing what to expect.
dYAQ TIL the adjective “jet-black”, meaning as dark a black as possible, derives from the color of Lignite