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TIL Australian astronomers discovered a mysterious signal to be their microwave oven after 17 years

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5VOxn TIL about Aaron Feuerstein, CEO of Malden Mills who in 1995 decided to continue paying his 3,000 employees their full salaries after the factory burned down while the factory was rebuilt
wAr1 TIL that the IKEA HQ in Delft, Netherlands had to stop offering their €1,- breakfast during the weekends because the highways couldn’t handle the traffic it attracted.
XLNP TIL The Louisiana state bar exam is 22.5 hours long
0wmdA TIL during the 1993 Yukon Quest sled dog race, musher Jeff Mann killed a moose with an axe after it attacked him and his dog team.
ddKj TIL: In 1979, a mummified steppe bison named Blue Babe was discovered in Alaska. While preparing the specimen for display, the research team decided to stew and eat part of the mummy’s neck to “celebrate the accomplishment”.