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TIL 70% of Americans hate their jobs.
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TIL That the Caesar Salad is named after Caesar Cardini, an Italian American hotel owner.
PPDn
TIL the saying ‘Diamonds are Forever’ is pure marketing: after the South African diamond rush, the value of the diamond should have plummeted if not for the Oppenheimer family managing to convince the world that diamonds have always been associated with love.
LkoMV
TIL Occupy Wall Street was Infiltrated by the US Gov't and Dismantled from Within
JYnk4
TIL that the “calm before the storm” is a real phenomenon that occurs when warm, dry air descends from altitude over the storm front, which blankets and stabilizes the surrounding region.
vPMW8
TIL that despite being a carnivorous plant, the purple pitcher plant is actually pretty bad at catching its prey, with less than 1% of insects that visit it ending up trapped inside.