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TIL that during the shutdown of Quibi, founder Jeffrey Katzenberg told workers to listen to the song “Get Back Up Again” from the movie Trolls as he announced that they would be getting fired.

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87dL TIL the eyes of Children’s cereal box characters are angled down 10 degrees in order to make eye contact with children. Adult cereal boxes look straight ahead.
9YoWp TIL Finland has the best education system in the world. The focus is on hiring the best teachers who must have a master's degree and all schools are funded through the government thus private schools are rare.
ANAGx TIL that the last recorded use of pit ponies in a British coal mine was in 1999 at Pant y Gasseg, and that the practice had ended in 1990 in Australia and 1971 in the USA
141r TIL a noblewoman (a widow of a samurai lord & descendent of a long line of ninjas) recruited, trained, & led an all-female group of 200-300 ninja agents—consisting of ex-prostitutes, orphans, & civil-war victims—who were successfully deployed for the Takeda clan against rival warlords in 1500s Japan
b9eNZ TIL Apples originated in Kazakhstan and wild apples can taste like roses, strawberries, popcorn, anise, and many other flavors. 90% of modern apples can be traced back to 2 trees.