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TIL that people are buying used books from Goodwill and reselling them on Amazon as a full time job

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wvZY TIL the Temple University Owls mascot was chosen because Temple began as a night school for young people of limited means
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E15E0 TIL about David Edmondson, who lied on his resume to get a position as a Vice President of Marketing at RadioShack in the 90's. He worked his way up over 11 years to become CEO and resigned in disgrace after it was revealed his resume was falsified.
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